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Form  151 

THE  PANAMA  CANAL 

WASHINGTON  OFFICE 


MANUAL  OF  INFORMATION 

CONCERNING  EMPLOYMENTS 

FOR  THE  • 

PANAMA  CANAL  SERVICE 


REVISED  AUGUST  4,  1916 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 

1916 


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CONTENTS. 


Section. 

Genoral  information j 

Employments: 

Civil-service  examination 2 

Excepted  from  civil-service  examination 3 

Transfers ^ 

Citizenship ^ 

Age  limits q 

Physical  examination y 

Promotions 3 

Working  hours 9 

Payment  of  salaries 10 

Steamship  transportation n 

Positions  and  wages 12 

Tool  list '  13 

General  conditions  of  employment  (Executive  order  of  Feb.  2,  1914) 14 

Conditions  of  li\T.ng: 

General  information I5 

Climate 16 

Health  conditions 17 

Clotliing  required 18 

Quarters , I9 

Meals 20 

Commissary 21 

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WARNING. 

Persons  seeking  employment  on  the  Panama  Canal  or  the  Panama  Rail- 
road are  cautioned  not  to  go  to  the  Isthmus  without  an  appointment 
secured  through  the  Washington  Oflflce  of  The  Panama  Canal  or  through 
an  authorized  recruiting  agent.  Such  new  appointments  as  are  necessary 
will  be  made  from  approved  applications  on  file  in  the  Washington  Ofllce. 
Persons  who  go  to  the  Isthmus  without  previous  appointment,  with  the 
hope  of  obtaining  employment  on  the  Panama  Canal  or  the  Panama  Rail- 
road, do  so  on  their  own  responsibility.  The  same  examination,  as  regards 
physical  and  other  qualifications,  must  be  passed  on  the  Isthmus  before 
employment  there  as  is  required  by  those  who  are  appointed  through  the 
Washington  Office.  The  appointments  made  on  the  Isthmus  are  principally 
in  minor-grade  positions,  including  unskilled  labor,  in  which  the  rates  of 
pay  are  as  low  as  10  cents  an  hour.  An  unauthorized  journey  to  the 
Isthmus  in  expectation  of  obtaining  work  may  result  in  hardships  and 
cause  unnecessary  expense  to  the  applicant.  The  Governor  of  The  Panama 
Canal  desires  to  discourage  such  journeys  and  will  accept  no  responsibility 
for  conditions  that  may  arise  therefrom. 


NOTICE. 

Address  all  Inquiries  to  "Chief  of  Office,  The  Panama  Canal,  Washington, 
D.  C."  / 

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MANUAL  OF   INFORMATION,  PANAMA  CANAL 

SERVICE. 


GENERAL  INFORMATION. 

Section  1. — All  work  relating  to  the  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Panama 
Canal  is  under  Government  control.  The  Executive  order  of  January  27,  1914,  pro- 
vides for  the  following  departments  or  offices,  under  the  direct  supenasion  of  the 
Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal: 

Operation  and  Maintenance;  Purchasing;  Supply;  Accounting;  Health;  and  Execu- 
tive Secretary. 

The  conditions  of  employment  are  outlined  in  an  Executive  order  dated  February 
2,  1914,  and  will  be  found  in  section  14.  New  appointees  are  furnished  free  steamship 
transportation  and  usually  sail  from  New  York  City,  but  under  certain  conditions 
may  sail  from  New  Orleans  or  San  Francisco.  They  must  pay  their  own  railroad  fare 
to  the  port  of  sailing.  Employees  are  supplied  with  furnished  bachelor  quarters. 
New  appointees  are  not  permitted  to  take  their  families  with  them  to  the  Isthmus  on 
account  of  the  scarcity  of  family  quarters.  Meals  can  be  obtained  at  the  Government 
hot-els  at  about  30  cents  a  meal  and  upward.  Employees  are  allowed  certain  leave 
of  absence  with  pay  and  free  liospital  attendance,  as  stated  in  the  conditions  of 
employment.  All  new  employees  must  be  in  good  health  and  physically  sound. 
Health  conditions  on  tlie  Isthmus  are  good. 

The  next  three  sections  state  how  employments  are  made  on  the  Panama  Canal, 
including  the  Panama  Railroad  on  the  Isthmus.  Only  thoroughly  experienced  men 
including  mechanics  who  have  worked  several  years  as  journeymen,  receive  appoint- 
ments. The  services  of  persons  with  so-called  "all-round"  experience  can  not  be 
utilized.  If  a  person  secures  work  through  false  statements  as  to  his  past  experience, 
or  is  found  to  be  incompetent,  he  will  be  discharged.  No  appointments  are  issued  in 
the  United  States  to  women  for  duty  on  the  Isthmus,  except  to  the  positions  of  trained 
nurse,  telephone  operator,  and  school-teacher.  The  requirements  for  these  positions 
are  given  in  section  12. 

EMPLOYMENTS. 

Sec.  2.  Civil-service  examination.— Under  the  Executive  order  of  February  2,  1914, 
the  following-named  positions  in  the  Panama  Canal  sei-vice  must  be  filled  through 
competitive  civil-service  examination:  Clerk  (all  kinds,  including  timekeeper  ami 
bookkeeper),  stenographer,  typewriter,  surgeon,  physician,  trained  nurse,  and  drafts- 
man. All  requests  for  information  relative  to  the  date,  place,  and  nature  of  examina- 
tions and  for  the  required  application  form  should  be  addressed  to  the  "United  States 
Civil  Service  Commission,  Washington,  D.  C."  It  is  useless  to  write  to  the  Panama 
Canal  office  or  the  Civ-il  Service  Commission  inquiring  as  to  the  prospects  for  emplov- 
ment  in  event  a  civil  ser\dce  examination  is  passed,  as  it  is  irapracticable  to  give  this 
information. 

The  usual  entrance  salaries  attached  to  positions  subject  to  ci\-il-8er\'ice  examination 
are  the  following:  Clerks,  $100  and  $125  a  month;  stenographers  and  typewiters, 

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$125;  physicians,  $150;  female  mirses,  $65  with  subsistence  and  laundry  of  uniforms; 
male  nm-ses,  $90  without  subsistence  and  laundry;  and  draftsmen,  $125  and  $150  a 
month. 

No  appointments  are  made  in  the  United  States  to  mibordinate  clerical  positions 
paying  a  salary  of  $75  a  month  or  less. 

Sec.  3.  Excepted  from  civil-service  examination. — ^Under  the  same  Executive 
order  all  positions  other  than  those  specified  in  the  preceding  paragraphs  are  excepted 
from  ci\il-service  requirements  and  no  examination  under  the  civil-service  rules  is 
necessary  to  become  ehgible  for  appointment.  A  list  of  these  excepted  positions  in 
which  vacancies  may  occur  will  be  found  ia  section  12.  For  these  excepted  positions 
persons  are  selected  in  the  United  States  through  written  appUcation  to  the  Washington 
Office  of  The  Panama  Canal.  Persons  desiring  to  apply  for  an  excepted  position  in 
which  vacancies  exist  at  the  time,  or  are  likely  to  occur  in  the  near  future,  will  be 
furnished  with  a  blank  form  for  that  purpose.  .  This  form,  when  properly  filled  out, 
should  be  mailed  to  "Chief  of  Office,  The  Panama  Canal,  Washington,  D.  C."  With 
the  appHcation  should  be  sent  (1)  such  letters  of  recommendation,  clearances,  or 
ser\dce  letters,  issued  in  recent  years,  as  the  applicant  may  have  in  his  possession, 
coverino-  the  kind  of  work  for  which  he  applies  and  written  on  the  ofiicial  letterheads 
of  the  companies  or  persons  by  whom  he  was  employed,  and  (2)  a  recent  unmounted 
fmished  photogi-aph  of  himself,  a  postal  card  photograph  being  satisfactor)^  The 
photograph  is  needed  for  identification. 

If  an  applicant's  qualification  are  approved,  his  name  will  be  entered  on  the  waiting 
list  for  the  position  for  which  approved,  and  he  will  be  offered  employment  in  his 
turn  as  his  services  are  needed.  If  they  are  disapproved  his  papers  can  receive  no 
further  consideration  and  his  letters  of  recommendation  will  be  returned  to  him. 

Sec.  4.  Transfers. — Transfers  from  the  departmental  service  or  from  the  field  service 
at  laro-e  or  of  a  person  residing  outside  continental  United  States  to  the  Panama  Canal 
service  are  not  eucourged.  However,  applications  may  be  submitted  on  the  proper 
form  and  the  same  will  be  given  due  consideration. 

CITIZENSHIP. 

Sec.  6.  All  persons  employed  in  the  Panama  Canal  service  who  receive  over 
$75  a  month  or  OAcr  40  cents  an  hour  must  l)e  citizens  of  the  United  States  or  of  the 
RepubUc  of  Panama,  and  such  citizens  will  be  given  preference  for  employment  in 
all  grades.  A  foreign-born  applicant  is  required  to  submit  with  his  appUcation  his 
final  certificate  of  naturaUzation  as  an  American  citizen  or  a  certified  copy  thereof, 
wliich  will  be  returned  immediately  after  inspection.  A  person  claiming  citizenship 
through  the  naturalization  of  his  father  must  submit  his  father's  certificate.  A 
declaration  of  intention  to  become  an  American  citizen  (first  papers)  is 

not  sufiBcient. 

AGE  LIMITS. 

Sec.  6.  The  minimum  age  limit  for  all  positions,  unless  otherwise  stated,  is  20  years. 
The  maximum  age  limit  for  operator  (telephone  switchboard)  is  26  years;  rodman, 
hydrographcr,  interne,  and  physician,  30  years;  fireman  (fire  department),  policeman, 
hostler,  locomotive  engineer,  conductor,  trainman,  nurse,  levelman,  transitman,  40 
years;  all  other  positions  45  years. 

PHYSICAL  EXAMINATION. 

Sec.  7.  Before  being  permitted  to  sail  for  the  Isthmus,  new  employees  and  those 
reem])loyed  must  imdergo  a  rigid  physical  examination  by  a  designated  physician 
after  ajipointment  has  ]>een  actually  issued,  but  not  at  the  time  the  aj^plication  is 
filed.    There  will  be  no  charge  for  tins  examination,  but  the  appointee  must  pay 


his  faro  to  the  ])laco,  of  (ixainiimlioii.     The  odicial  jiliyHicianH  an;  ImaUvl  at,  tlw  jiortw 
of  do]>arturo  and  in  a  nunil)L'r  of  tin;  hw^i'.  citU'H  tliroii^dioiit  tho  United  Statr-H. 

Sucli  (liseaKcs  a.s  niptAiro  in  any  form,  weak  lungH  or  lieart.  venereal  diHeascs  of  all 
kinds,  agt^ravated  varicocele,  varicose  veins,  and  piles,  epilepsy,  chronic-  alco- 
holism, deformed  limbs,  loss  of  fingers,  defective  eyesight  and  hearing  (cHpeiially  of 
pilots  and  railroad  men),  and  other  sorions  bodily  defects,  will  be  grounds  for  rejec- 
tion. Persons  wearing  a  truss  to  protect  a  rupture  will  })c  rejected.  Persons  who 
have  slight  defects  in  eyesight  corrected  by  glasses  should  wear  their  glasses  when 
presenting  themselves  for  this  examination. 

Any  concealment  of  material  facts  relative  to  the  applicant's  physical  condition, 
past  or  present,  when  being  examined  by  a  i)hysician,  will  render  liim  liable  to  dis- 
missal from  the  service. 

PROMOTIONS. 

Sec.  8.  \Vhon  practicable,  new  appointments  are  made  at  the  lowest  entrance 
salaiy  and  to  the  lowest  grades,  mechanics  })eing  employed  in  the  grade  of  journeymen. 
Vacancies  occurring  in  the  liigher  grades  are  tilled  by  promotion.  Efficient  service 
on  the  Tstlimus  and  the  demonstration  of  ability  which  will  justify  advancement, 
control  in  the  making  of  promotions.  For  these  reasons  initial  appointments  as  fore- 
man are  seldom  made  as  these  positions  are  filled  by  promotion.  Length  of  service 
will  be  considered  in  connection  with  promotions  only  where  necessary  to  facilitate 
choice  between  employees  equally  entitled  to  promotion  on  the  basis  of  efficiency. 

WORKING  HOURS, 

Sec.  9.  Eight  hours  of  labor  constitute  the  working  day  on  the  Isthmus.  In  the 
event  of  overtime  being  required  of  employees  paid  by  the  hour  they  will  receive 
time  and  a  half  for  such  overtime  service,  although  it  is  not  the  practice  to  require 
overtime  work  except  in  emergency.  No  extra  compensation  for  overtime  work  will 
bo  paid  to  persons  whose  compensation  is  fixed  on  a  monthly  or  annual  basis,  except 
to  locomotive  engineers  and  conductors  in  the  employ  of  the  Panama  Railroad. 

PAYMENT  OF  SALARY. 

Sec.  10.  Salaries  and  wages  are  paid  once  a  month.  Under  no  circumstances 
should  a  person  proceed  to  the  Isthmus  without  sufKcient  money  to  pay  his  expenses 
during  the  first  few  weeks.  An  employee  can  not  assign  a  portion  of  his  salary  for 
payment  in  the  United  States  to  his  family.  Remittances  can  be  made  by  i)ostal 
money  orders  payable  in  the  United  States. 

STEAMSHIP  TRANSPORTATION. 

Sec.  11.  New  employees  are  furnished  free  steamship  transportation  to  the  Isthmus, 
which  includes  meals  on  the  steamer,  but  must  pay  the  expense  of  their  journey  to 
the  ports  of  departure.  Railroad  transportation  can  not  be  advanced.  See  para- 
graphs 3,  J4,  and  15  of  the  conditions  of  employment  for  more  detailed  information 
regai'ding  transportation. 

The  Government  rate  on  the  steamers  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line  out 
of  New  York  City  is,  at  the  present  time,  $30  for  each  adult;  half  rates  for  children 
between  6  and  12  years,  and  cliildren  under  6  years  free.  The  above  rates  include 
meals  on  the  steamer.  Tliis  rate,  under  present  regulations,  is  granted  once  each  year 
to  employees  on  vacation. 

Employees  and  members  of  their  families  are  allowed  to  take  on  board  the  steamers 
of  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line  not  to  exceed  250  pounds  of  baggage  free  of 
charge  for  each  adult.  Excess  baggage  on  these  steamers  will  be  charged  for  at  the 
rate  of  1  cent  a  pound. 


The  Government  rate  on  the  steamers  of  the  United  Fruit  Co.  out  of  New  Orleans 
is  about  $50  for  each  adult;  children  between  3  and  12  years,  one-half  of  adult  fare;  one 
child  under  3  years,  free.  The  rate  out  of  San  Francisco  is  $85.  The  above  rates  are 
subject  to  change. 

POSITIONS  AND  WAGES. 

Sec.  12.  Following  is  a  partial  list  of  positions,  together  with  the  specifications 
and  rates  of  pay,  that  exist  in  the  Panama  Canal  service,  including  the  Panama  Rail- 
road on  the  Isthmus.  The  publishing  of  this  list  does  not  mean  necessarily  that  there 
are  vacancies  now  in  any  of  the  positions  named.  In  fact,  there  may  be  no  further 
need  whatever,  or  possibly  only  at  rare  intervals,  for  new  employees  in  some  of  the 
positions.  Information  as  to  whether  or  not  vacancies  actually  exist  in  any  given 
position  can  always  be  procured  by  inquiring  of  the  Washington  Office  of  the  Panama 
Canal.  Strict  attention  is  called  to  the  requirements  of  each  position,  and  unless  an 
applicant  has  had  the  necessary  experience  and  can  satisfactorily  prove  it,  he  will 
not  accomplish  anything  by  filing  his  papers. 

The  Panama  Canal  act,  approved  August  24,  1912,  provides  that  compensation 
paid  employees  on  the  Panama  Canal  shall  not  exceed  by  more  than  25  per  cent  the 
compensation  paid  by  the  Government  in  continental  United  States  for  similar  work. 
The  compensation  of  all  classes  of  employees  has  been  adjuste'd  on  that  basis  and  is 
subject  to  an  annual  readjustment. 

Usually  only  men  competent  to  earn  the  highest  rate  of  pay  allowed  for 
the  trade  will  be  asked  for  from  the  United  States,  but  this  will  not  always 
be  the  case.  The  maximum  wage  for  each  trade  is  given  in  the  paragraph 
referring  to  that  trade,  but  the  rate  actually  paid  will  be  only  the  amount 
which  the  services  of  the  employee  justify. 

All  mechanics  should  take  with  them  to  the  Isthmus  the  tools  of  their 
trade  that  it  is  customary  for  them  to  carry  with  them  in  the  States.  Tools 
can  not  be  bought  to  advantage  on  the  Isthmus.  For  a  partial  list  of  tools 
required,  see  section  13. 

Owing  to  the  distance  of  the  Isthmus  from  sources  of  labor  supply,  it  is 
necessary  occasionally  to  use  mechanics  in  trades  other  than  their  own  but 
allied  thereto.  Employment  of  mechanics  in  trades  other  than  their  own 
is  avoided  wherever  possible,  but  when  heads  of  departments  or  divisions 
consider  such  employment  necessary,  employees  are  expected  to  do  the  best 
they  can  with  the  work  assigned.  In  general,  such  employment  will  be 
temporary  only,  and  if  the  pay  of  the  allied  trade  is  less  than  that  for  which 
employed  there  will  generally  be  no  reduction  in  pay. 

Heretofore  a  large  percentage  of  the  work  done  on  the  Isthmus  has  been 
in  connection  with  railroad  and  railroad -excavating  equipment.  This  work 
is  rapidly  diminishing  in  quantity  and  the  amount  to  be  done  on  steamships 
and  marine  and  dredging  equipment  is  increasing.  For  this  reason  marine 
experience  will  frequently  be  specified  in  making  requisitions  for  employees, 
and  any  experience  in  this  line  should  be  fully  set  forth  in  applications. 

ANGLESMITH. 

Special  experience  at  angle-iron  work  should  be  stated  in  the  application,  and  in 
order  to  be  competent  must  be  expert  in  making  staples  for  bulkhead  water-tight  and 
oil-tight  work.     71  cents  an  hour. 

BAKER. 

Bread,  cake,  and  pastry.  ^Nlust  have  had  at  least  five  years'  experience  in  large 
bakeries.     .|125  a  month.     (See  also  Superintendent.) 


Ul.AlKSMiril. 

Goimil.  ( )n('  wlio  has  hcivimI  an  apjircnlicfMliii)  in  a  locomotive,  railroad,  or  marine 
for<;iii,u:  xhop.  who  has  had  cxiKMiciicc  in  forj^Mii^'  various  claKsos  of  liKbt,  mcdiimi,  and 
fairly  heavy  work  witli  Hnullcy  hammers  and  steam  hammers  from  GOO  to  :5,000  iioiinds 
capacity,  and  who  can  work  from  l)lue  print  or  drawinf^.     (JO  centn  an  hour. 

/Aro'/z/on/c/-.— Experienced  in  and  capal)le  of  haiidlinK  heavy  forf,Mnga  by  means  of 
cranes  from  heavy  fires  or  furnaces  under  j)ower  hammers.  77  cents  an  hour.  Gen- 
eral blacksmiths  will  be  considered  in  tlu!  line  of  i)romotion  to  this  trade  if  the  (pian- 
tity  and  character  of  the  work  and  their  (pialitications  for  the  same  justify  their 
employment. 

Spriruj maker. —Thin  rating  will  be  inclu(l<!d  under  the  heading  "General  black- 
smith," but  special  experience  along  these  lines  shoidd  be  given  in  the  application, 
and  should  include  experience  and  ability  to  handle  flat  spring  work  of  the  grade  and 
weight  used  for  driving  purposes  under  locomotives  and  for  cars  and  other  similar 
l)urposes.     C6  cents  an  hour. 

Tool  dresser. — Experienced  in  and  capable  of  forging  all  kinds  of  tools  for  lathes, 
planers,  slotters,  etc.,  and  of  tempering  taps,  reamers,  dies,  metal  cut-off  tools,  bolt 
headers,  and  forging  tools;  also  of  considerable  experience  in  handling  the  different 
makes  of  steel  up  to  and  including  modern  "blue-chip"  or  high-speed  toed  steel. 
66  cents  an  hour.  This  rating  will  be  included  under  the  heading  "General 
blacksmith." 

BOAT    BUILDER. 

Must  have  served  apprenticeship  or  worked  at  this  trade  for  at  least  two  years. 
Must  be  competent  to  lay  off  lines  on  floor  and  to  lay  off,  repair,  and  erect  framing 
and  planking  for  small  boats  of  all  types.     65  cents  an  hour. 

BOILERMAKER. 

General. — Must  have  completed  apprenticeship  and  subsequently  had  at  least  three 
years'  experience  in  general  boiler  work  in  either  marine  or  locomoitive  shops.  Must 
be  thoroughly  familiar  with  all  kinds  of  work  on  locomotive,  stationary,  or  marine 
boilers.     65  cents  an  hovir. 

BRICKLAYER. 

Must  be  thoroughly  competent  as  bricklayers.     84  cents  an  hour. 

BUTCHER. 

Must  have  hai  several  years'  experience  in  retail  meat  cutting  and  selling.  Must 
supervise  colored  help.     $137.50  a  month. 

CABINETMAKER    (COACII    AND    GENERAL). 

I*lu8t  have  had  at  least  two  years'  experience  in  performing  all  classes  of  coach  and 
cabinetwork  in  a  railroad  coach  shop  or  a  regular  car  builder's  coach  shop,  or  a  general 
cabinetmaker's  shop;  and  in  addition  must  have  previously  worked  four  years  at 
some  ])ranch  of  the  carpenter's  trade,  such  as  house  carpenter  or  ship  carpenter. 
66  cents  an  hour. 

CABLE   SPLICER. 

See  Rigger  and  Wireman. 

CAR  INSPECTOR. 

Must  have  had  at  least  two  years'  experience  as  car  repairer  on  freight  cars  in  rail- 
road yard  and  at  least  one  year's  experience  as  a  car  inspector  in  railroad  yard  service, 
preferaV)ly  at  an  interchange  point.     Car  inspector  may  l)e  assigned  to  repair  work  in 
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addition  to  their  inspection  work.  Must  furnish  tools.  56  cents  an  hour.  A  limited 
number  are  on  the  monthly  roll  at  |150  a  month,  but  are  generally  chosen  from  employ- 
ees who  have  proven  their  ability. 

CAR   REPAIRER. 

One  who  has  had  at  least  three  years'  experience  (within  the  last  foiu"  years)  as 
car  carpenter  or  repairer  in  making  repairs  to  wooden  and  steel  cars  in  raikoad  repair 
shops,  and  must  also  be  experienced  on  truck  work.  Must  furnish  tools.  5G  cents  an 
hour. 

CARPENTER. 

Car.— Must  have  served  at  least  three  years  as  carpenter  repairing  or  Ijuilding 
freight  cars  in  a  regular  car  shop.     56  cents  an  hour. 

House  and  concrete  form. — One  who  has  had  experience  in  concrete-form  work  and 
in  ordinary  framing,  and  can  fit,  hang,  and  trim  doors  and  windows,  build  stairs,  etc., 
and  is  ordinarily  expert  with  common  carpenter's  tools.     67  cents  an  hour. 

Ship. — See  Shipwright. 

CHEMIST   (water). 

Must  have  had  one  year's  experience  in  charge  of  operation  of  rapid  mechanical 
gravity  tyjje  filters.  Must  be  a  graduate  of  recognized  school  with  a  degree  either 
in  sanitary  engineering  or  sanitary  chemistry,  and  must  be  qualified  to  do  all  lines  of 
water  analysis  work.     $125  and  $150  a  month. 

CHIPPER   and   CALKER. 

Must  be  experienced  in  chipping  and  calking  steel  plates,  with  special  reference 
to  ship  work,  including  the  use  of  hand  and  pneumatic  tools  on  water-tight  and  oil- 
tight  work.     61  cents  an  hour. 

CLERK. 

Male  only.  All  clerical  positions  are  subject  to  civil -service  examination.  See 
section  2.  Clerks  who  pass  the  typewriting  examination  will  be  given  preference. 
Appointments  made  at  entrance  salary  of  $100  and  $125  a  month  and  exjjerience 
along  one  or  more  of  the  following  lines  is  required : 

Clerk  with  knowledge  of  stenography  and  typewriting. 

Clerk  with  knowledge  of  typewriting. 

Clerk  with  knowledge  of  bookkeeping. 

Clerk  with  knowledge  of  time  keeping. 

Clerk  with  general  l:)usiness  training  and  experience. 

Postal. — Men  who  are  experienced  in  all  branches  of  post-office  work.  Must  have 
had  at  least  one  year's  experience  as  a  clerk  (not  as  carrier)  in  United  States,  or  one 
year  in  Canal  Zone,  post  offices,  and  be  familiar  with  the  receipt,  distribution,  and 
dispatch  of  mail  matter,  the  issuance  of  money  orders,  registration  of  mail,  and  the 
preparation  of  the  various  reports  required  of  postmasters.  This  position  is  filled 
through  civil-service  examination  or  by  transfer  from  classified  post  offices  in  the 
United  States.  However,  before  being  eligible  for  transfer  applicants  must  have 
passed  civil-service  examination  for  Canal  Zone  postal  clerk  or  a  first-grade  clerical 
examination  for  the  departmental  service.  Inquiries  respecting  examinations  and 
eligibility  for  transfer  should  be  addressed  to  the  "U.  S.  Civil  Service  Commis- 
sion, Washington,  D.  C."  Persons  wlio  are  in  the  classified  civil  service  and  eligible 
for  transfer  to  the  Canal  Zone  postal  service  should  make  application  to  the  "Cliief  of 
Oflice,  The  Panama  Canal,  Washington,  D.  C."  Entrance  salary,  $100  and  $125  a 
month.  The  positions  of  j^ostmaster  and  assistant  postmaster  are  filled  by  the  pro- 
motion of  postal  clerks. 


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COI'I'KK     ItoASTKIl. 


Must  have  luul  not  Iokh  tluin  live  years'  exi)erience  in  roawting,  grinding,  and  hlciid- 
ing  coffee,  and  be  competent  to  Hiipervise  and  inntruct  wliite  and  colored  lielp.  W  .nk 
in  tlua  section  includes  the  packing  of  ri<-(!,  migar,  coffee,  etc.,  for  Hale  in  tlu;  reiuil 
storea.     $125  to  $150  a  month. 


COMMISSAKV. 

See  the  speciiicatious  for  the  variouH  <-oniini.s8ary  positions  listed  under  tiieir  respec- 
tive titles. 

COMMISSARY    ASSISTANT. 

Dry  goods. — Wide  experience  in  the  operation  of  dry  goods  stores  liandling  men's 
and  ladies'  furnishings,  notions,  and  dress  goods.  \\'ill  be  placed  in  charge,  under  the 
store  manager,  of  dry  goods  departments  in  retail  stores.  Should  understand  window 
dressing,  the  display  of  goods  and  manner  of  selling,  the  discipline  of  salesmen,  the 
art  of  merchandising,  etc.  It  will  be  their  duty  to  see  that  patrons  are  properly  served 
and  they  will  come  in  constant  contact  with  tiie  public.  Entrance  salary,  $100  a 
month. 

Provisions. — Wide  experience  in  the  operation  of  meat,  fruit,  and  vegetable  markets 
and  grocerj'  stores.  Will  be  placed  in  charge,  under  store  manager,  of  i)rovision  depart- 
ments in  retiiil  stores.  Should  understand  meat  cutting,  the  display  of  fruits,  vege- 
tables, and  groceries,  the  manner  of  selling  such  supplies,  the  discipline  of  salesmen, 
etc.  It  will  be  their  duty  to  see  that  patrons  are  served  properly  and  they  will  come 
in  contact  with  the  public  constantly.     Entrance  salary,  $150  a  month. 

CONDUCTOR. 

Yard  or  switch  service,  $150  a  month.  Promotion  to  $190  a  month  when  assigned 
to  main-line  servdce  on  the  Isthmus. 


Man  with  experience  in  American-plan  hotels.  One  mth  all-round  experience 
only  is  qualified,  not  simply  pastry  or  meat  cooks.  $75  to  $137.50  a  month,  including 
subsistence. 

COPPERSMITH. 

Must  have  had  at  least  three  years'  experience  as  a  journeyman  coppersmith  and 
must  be  capable  of  doing  general  coppersmithing  done  in  marine,  repair,  and  con- 
struction shops.  Must  be  capable  of  making  and  handUng  copper  pipes  up  to  12 
inches  in  diameter  and  of  brazing  flanges  thereon.     66  cents  an  hour. 

COREMA.KER. 

See  Holder. 

CRANEMAN. 

Dipper  dredge. — See  Dredging  positions. 

Steam  shovel. — Should  be  experienced  on  IJucyrus  and  Marion  shovels.  $167.50  a 
month. 


DiA-ing  will  ordinarily  be  done  by  employees  with  the  rating  of  rigger,  who  will  be 
paid  diver's  wages  only  when  actually  employed  in  di\-ing.  Must  present  certificates 
showing  satisfactory  8er\ice  in  water  at  least  50  feet  deep.  $1.53  an  hour  for  time 
actually  employed  in  diving. 


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DRAFTSMAN. 

All  drafting  positions  are  subject  to  civil-service  examination.  See  section  2. 
Entrance  salaries  range  from  |125  to  $175  a  month,  according  to  experience  and 
capacity. 

Architectural. — Salary  depends  on  requirements  for  position. 

Marine. — Should  be  experienced  in  marine  design  and  capable  of  making  drawings 
of  floating  equipment,  such  as  tugs,  barges,  dump  scows,  derrick  boats,  and  dredges. 

Mechanical  (first  class). — Must  have  had  at  least  three  years'  experience  in  drafting, 
and,  in  addition,  have  experience  in  shop  work  or  on  construction  work,  or  must  be 
a  graduate  of  a  technical  institution,  with  at  least  one  year's  experience  in  drafting 
or  on  construction  work.  Must  be  able  to  handle  original  design  work  on  power 
plants,  locomotives,  steam  shovels,  and  structural  work,  and  be  competent  to  check 
detailed  shop  drawings.  Must  have  a  good  working  knowledge  of  mathematics,  and 
be  able  to  figure  stresses  and  strains  in  mechanism  and  in  structures,  such  as  roof 
trusses.  Must  have  a  good  knowledge  of  materials  used  in  construction  and  be 
acquainted  with  shop  methods  and  procedure  in  handling  and  executing  work. 
$150  a  month. 

Mechanical  (second  class). — Must  have  had  either  at  least  two  years'  experience 
drafting  (or  as  an  alternative,  one  year's  experience  in  drafting  in  addition  to  at  least 
one  year  shop  or  construction  experience),  or  must  be  a  graduate  of  a  mechanical 
engineering  course  of  a  technical  institution.  Must  be  able  to  make  detailed  shop 
drawings  from  rough  sketches  and  assembly  drawings.     $125  a  month. 

Structural  steel. — Salary  depends  upon  requirements  for  position. 

Topographical. — Need  not  be  a  graduate  civil  engineer,  but  must  be  able  to  calcu- 
late simple  problems  in  algebra  and  trigonometry.  Should  be  able  to  plat  contour 
maps  from  stadia  notes,  make  railroad-track  maps  and  city  plats.  Should  be  able  to 
calculate  cross  sections  and  reduce  them  to  cubic  yards.  Should  have  at  least  one 
year's  experience  as  a  draftsman  and  be  able  to  do  fairly  good  lettering  and  fairly 
neat  line  work.  No  experience  as  a  designer  is  necessary.  Should  be  able  to  run 
levels  and  calculate  grades,  and  be  willing  to  run  levels  at  times  when  not  needed  in 
the  office.    $125  a  month. 

DREDfiING    POSITIONS. 

Craneman  (dipper  dredge,  15-yard). — Should  be  able  to  take  care  of  dipper  dredge 
engine  and  boiler  and  have  craneman's  experience  on  large  dipj^er  dredges.  This 
position  is  usually  filled  by  promotion  of  dipper  dredge  engineers.  For  salaries  of 
these  positions,  see  "Mate"  in  schedule,  page  14. 

Engineer  (dredge). — Must  be  thoroughly  experienced  in  operating  the  type  of  dredge 
for  wliich  appointment  is  made.  Day  and  night  work.  For  salaries  see  schedule, 
page  14. 

Engineer  (tugboat,  self-propelling  barge,  marine  general). — For  salaries  see  schedule, 
page  14. 

Leverman,  or  operator  (pipe-line  dredge). — ^Must  be  experienced  in  operating  pipe- 
line dredge.     For  salaries  see  schedule,  page  14. 

Master  (dredge). — Must  be  thoroughly  experienced  in  operating  and  caring  for  all 
machinery,  including  electrical  plant,  on  type  of  dredge  for  which  appointment  is 
made.  Day  and  night  work.  (Self-propelling  barge). — Must  have  had  experience  as- 
master  on  a  tugboat  and  be  accustomed  to  harbor  work.  Day  and  night  work. 
(Steam  tug). — Must  have  had  experience  as  master  on  steam  tug  and  be  accustomed 
to  harbor  work.     Day  and  night  work.     For  salaries  see  schedule,  page  14. 

Mate  {pipe-line  dredge) .—First  male:  Should  have  at  least  one  year's  experience 
in  similar  position  on  cutter  pipe-line  dredge,  16  inches  or  larger.  Second  mate: 
Should  have  at  least  six  months'  experience  in  similar  position  on  cutter  pipe-line 


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dredge,  16  inches  or  larger.  {Self-propelling  barge). — Must,  liavo  had  experience  aa 
master  on  a  towl)oat  and  be  accustomed  to  harbor  work.  Day  and  niglit  work. 
{Steam  tug). — Must  have  liad  «'xpt>rience  as  master  on  steam  tug  and  b<'  accuslonicd 
to  harbor  work.     Day  and  night  work.     For  salaries  see  schedule,  jjage  14. 

DRILL    RUNNER. 

l>riU  barge. — Slioidd  be  experienced  rock  driller  on  drill-barge  work.     $155am()nth, 

UKUOCJIST. 

Must  be  a  graduate  pharmacist  and  hold  license.     Entrance  salary,  $100  a  month. 

EGO    CANDLER. 

Must  have  liad  several  years*  experience  in  egg  candling.     $125  a  mouth. 

ELECTRICIAN. 

See  Lineman  and  Wi reman. 


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KI.Kt    ritOl'I.ATKK. 


Must  have  had  at  loa.st  tliroo  yeans'  cxpcrioncc!  an  (^lo(tro])lat(!r  in  cojjjK'r,  nickel, 
and  silver.  Must  be  thorouf^jhly  familiar  with  mixtureH  and  processes  used,  and 
must  be  competent  to  supervise  buffers,  jxjlisherH,  and  burnishers,  in  which  trades 
he  must  also  be  proficient.     68  cents  an  hour. 

KMHAMMKlt-CUKMATOK. 

Must  have  State  license  a.s  erubaliner,  and  must  have  had  at  least  one  year's  experi- 
ence in  crematory.     $100  aud  $125  a  month. 

ENGINEER. 

Dredge. — See  Dredginj^  positions. 

LocomoUir. — $150  a  month  in  yard  or  switch  service.  Promotion  to  $225  a  month 
when  assigned  to  main-line  service.  Hostlers  given  preference  for  promotion  to  grade 
of  locomotive  engineer. 

Marine. — See  Dredging  positions. 

Rcfngerating. — Must  have  had  at  least  five  years'  experience  in  ice  making  and 
around  either  steam-driven  or  motor-driven  refrigerating  machinery  in  large  refrigera1> 
ing  plants.  One  who  luw  mechanical  ability  to  make  emergency  repairs  preferable. 
State  whether  steam-driven  or  motor-driven  experience.     $175  a  month. 

Steam. — The  rating  "steam  engineer"  covers  locomotive-crane  engineer,  compressor 
engineer,  dynamo  engineer,  hoisting  engineer,  Lidgerwood  engineer,  operator  oi 
clamshell  or  orange-peel  dredge,  pile-driver  engineer,  pumpman,  road-roller  engi- 
neer, stationary  engineer,  and  track-sliifting  enghieer.  Persons  appljdng  should 
indicate  for  which  of  the  above  classifications  they  consider  themselves  best  qualified 
by  their  experience.  If  they  hold  an  American  license  the  same  or  a  certified  copy 
thereof  should  be  submitted  with  the  application  and  will  be  returned  immedJately. 
50  to  5G  cents  an  hour;  $100  to  $150  a  month. 

Steam  shovel. — Should  be  familiar  with  and  experienced  in  handling  Bucyrus  and 
Marion  sliovels.     $218  a  month. 

FILTER. 

See  Operator. 

FIREMAN    (fire    DEPARTMENT). 

All  appointees  to  this  position  must  be  single  wMte  men,  between  the  ages  of  20 
and  40  years,  not  less  than  5  feet  7  inches  nor  more  than  6  feet  2  inches  in  height, 
weigliing  not  less  than  140  pounds  nor  more  than  210  pounds,  with  a  chest  measure- 
ment of  not  less  than  35  inches  (measurements  and  weight  wdthout  clothing),  and  be 
in  good  health  and  sound  in  body.  Must  have  had  at  least  two  years'  experience 
in  a  piiid  fire  department  in  a  city  of  not  less  than  .30,000  inhabitants,  and  have  ren- 
dered satisfactory  service.  Applicants  must  furnish  satisfactory  references  as  to 
sobriety,  moral  character,  and  experience  from  the  chief,  assistant  cliief,  or  other 
superior  officer  of  the  department  in  which  the  applicant  has  served.  All  appointees 
must  furnish  their  own  uniforms,  which  should  be  secured  on  the  Isthmus,  and  in 
addition  thereto  they  must  provide  themselves  with  a  pair  of  fireman's  rubber  boots, 
a  pair  of  mittens,  a  Globe  service  coat  or  equivalent,  and  a  pair  of  suitable  fire-service 
trousers  with  ring  and  snap.  They  must  agree  to  serve  one  year  with  the  fire  force 
on  the  Isthmus.  The  salaries  of  firemen  are  $100  and  $112.50  a  mouth,  lieutenants 
$125,  and  captains  $145  a  month.  The  positions  of  lieutenant  and  captain  are  filled 
by  promotion  of  firemen.     (See  also  Operators,  Fire  apparatus  (motor).) 

FLANGE    TURNER. 

Must  be  thoroughly  competent  to  lay  out  and  flange  plates  of  all  thicknesses  f(jr 
boiler  and  ship  work.     71  cents  an  hour. 


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FOREMAN. 

Laundry. — This  includes  the  several  branches  of  large  steam  laundry  work: 
washers,  sorters,  and  markers,  ironers,  etc.  The  special  qualifications  required  will 
be  stated  in  requisitions.  Must  be  competent  to  supervise  and  instruct  colored 
help.     $100  to  $125  a  month. 

Slaughterhouse. — Must  be  competent  to  supervise  the  slaughtering  of  cattle,  actually 
perfonn  the  work  connected  therewith,  and  of  sufficient  training  and  experience  to 
train  inexperienced  colored  men  in  the  performance  of  the  various  duties  connected 
with  the  work.     $150  to  $175  a  month. 

Slaughterhouse. — Must  be  competent  to  take  charge  of  offal  disposition  of  slaughter- 
house. Special  experience  in  utilizing  waste  products  and  ability  to  instruct  others 
is  essential.     $125  a  month. 

HELPERS. 

Must  present  evidence  of  actual  employment  with  mechanics  of  some  trade  for  at 
least  one  year,  and  must  have  sufficient  knowledge  of  a  trade  to  demonstrate  clearly 
their  superiority  to  unskilled  labor  for  assisting  mechanics.  In  making  application, 
statement  of  experience  must  be  given,  and  employment  will  depend  on  character 
of  experience.  Very  few  helpers  will  be  sent  to  the  Isthmus  from  the  United  States. 
40  cents  an  hour. 

HOSTLER. 

Must  have  had  experience  as  a  locomotive  engineer  or  not  less  than  two  years  as 
a  fireman,  and  must  be  competent  to  move  engines  under  steam  about  shops,  yards, 
etc.  Hostlers  are  considered  in  the  line  of  promotion  to  locomotive  engineers. 
$137.50  a  month. 

HYDROGRAPHER. 

Graduate  civil  engineer,  between  the  ages  of  20  and  30  years,  who  has  either 
specialized  in  college  on  hydraulic  engineering  or  who  has  had  at  least  one  year's 
practical  experience  in  hydrographic  work  since  graduation.  Entrance  salary,  $100 
a  month. 

ICE   CREAM   MAKER. 

Must  have  at  least  three  or  four  years'  experience  in  the  manufacture  of  ice  cream 
and  water  ices.  Experience  with  large  ice  cream  factories  preferred.  This  section  is 
also  in  charge  of  the  bottling  of  milk  and  cream.  Must  supervise  and  instruct  colored 
help.     $125  to  $137.50  a  month. 

INSPECTOR. 

Merchandise. — Must  have  thorough  knowledge  of  general  dry  goods,  men's  and  ladies' 
fiirnishings  and  notions.  Should  have  knowledge  of  window  displaying.  Several 
years'  experience  in  large  wholesale  dry  goods  establishments  is  essential.  Should 
be  able  to  instruct  other  employees  in  the  care  and  displaying  of  the  above-mentioned 
supplies.     $150  to  $175  a  month. 

Provisidn. — Must  be  a  practical  "provision"  man,  able  to  handle  meats,  fruits,  and 
vegetables,  with  special  experience  in  cutting  meats  and  in  selling  cold-storage 
products.  Familiarity  with  grocery  products  is  essential.  Will  be  used  for  ser\ice  in 
inspecting  provisions  and  in  training  sales  force  of  cold-storage  and  grocery  depart- 
ments of  retail  commissaries.     $150  to  $175  a  month. 

INTERNE. 

Must  be  single,  a  graduate  within  a  year  of  a  recognized  medical  school,  recom- 
mended by  the  faculty  of  the  school;  age  limits  22  to  30  years.  They  will  receiA'e  no 
compensation  other  than  free  quarters,  board,  laundry,  and  free  transportation  to 
and  from  the  Isthmus;  will  have  status  of  an  employee  with  leave  ])riviloges,  and  in 
addition  free  transportation  to  and  from  the  Isthmus  when  taking  authorized  leave. 
Tliis  position  is  not  subject  to  civil-service  examination. 


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IKON    WOltKKR. 

TIlis  (leaifjnation  inrludos  boIterH-on,  anglo-iron  smithH,  orortnrs,  snapporH,  and 
rivet  healers.  Persons  applyiii;,'  sliould  indicate!  for  whicli  of  tlies(i  classififations  f  licy 
consider  themselves  best,  qualified  by  tlieir  experience.  This  ratin<?  is  for  dock 
building  and  tank  bnildini";  outside  of  shops.     56  to  75  cents  an  hour. 

LABORATOUV    ASSISTANT. 

Entrance  salary,  $90  a  month.  May  !)(«  ])romoted  aflcT  six  niontlis'  satLsfactory 
service  to  $105  a  month. 

LATHER    (metal). 

75  cents  an  liour. 

L.\UNDUYMAN. 

See  Foreman;  also  Superintendent. 

LEVELMAN. 

Must  be  graduate  civil  engineer  or  have  luid  at  lea.st  two  years'  field  experience 
and  be  between  the  ages  of  20  and  40  years.  $100  and  $125  a  month.  Tliis  position 
is  usually  fdled  by  the  promotion  of  rodmen. 

LEVKRMAN    (OPERATOR). 

Pipe-line  dredge. — See  Dredging  positions. 


Light  and  power  pole  line  work. — Must  be  accustomed  to  stringing  both  heavy  and 
liglit  wire,  hanging  and  connecting  up  transformers,  and  able  to  work  on  live  wire 
in  2,300-volt  circuits.     Must  furnisli  tools.     G9  cents  an  hour. 

High-tension  transmission  line. — Men  who  have  had  experience  in  lines  of  50,000 
volts  or  over  preferred.  Must  be  capable  of  erecting  towers,  stringing  wires,  placing 
insulators,  etc.     Must  furnish  tools.     $156  a  month. 

MACHINIST. 

In  applying  for  any  of  the  following  classifications  of  the  position  of  ma- 
chinist the  applicant  should  bring  out  clearly  in  his  application  any  e.\peri- 
ence  which  he  may  have  had  on  marine  equipment. 

Air  brake. — Maclujusts  under  this  heading  will  generally  be  rated  as  machinists 
(floor  and  bench).  Special  experience  in  repair  of  locomotive  air  and  dri\'er  brakes 
and  car  air-brake  equipment  should  be  stated  in  the  application.     66  cents  an  liour. 

Brass  lathe. — This  work  will  generally  be  performed  by  men  rated  as  machinists 
(machine)  at  rates  determined  by  their  efficiency.  Special  experience  in  this  line 
should  be  stated  in  the  application. 

Electrical. — 64  cents  an  hour. 

Floor  and  bench.— Must  be  capable  of  work  on  the  floor  or  on  the  bench;  experi- 
enced in  all  classes  of  general  repair  work  on  steam  engines,  pumps,  locomotives,  or 
other  macliinery  in  so  far  as  bench  and  floor  work  is  concerned;  must  be  able  to  use  a 
micrometer  and  to  work  from  blue  print;  must  have  served  an  apprenticeship  in  a 
good  shop.     66  cents  an  hour. 

General. — This  word  will  be  used  in  connection  with  the  name  of  some  branch  of 
the  machinist's  trade  to  indicate  general  experience  in  that  particular  branch.  As, 
for  instance,  "  machinist,  general,  with  marine  experience,"  would  mean  a  machini.st 
who  has  had  experience  in  floor  and  bench  work,  machine  work,  erecting  work,  and 
lining  up  and  installation  of  machinery  on  board  ships.     66  cents  an  hour. 

Machine. — Must  be  capable  of  doing  all  kinds  of  macliinist's  work  on  lathes,  planers, 
boring  mills,  shapers,  and  other  types  of  macliines  found  in  locomotive  and  marine 


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shops;  must  be  capable  of  using  micrometer  gauges  and  be  able  to  work  from  blue  print. 
Special  experience  along  these  lines  sliould  be  stated  in  the  application.  66  cents 
an  hour. 

Marine. — ^Must  be  experienced  in  erecting  and  repairing  marine  engines,  including 
turbines;  must  be  competent  to  align  shafts  and  bearings  and  to  do  other  erecting 
work  on  marine  equipment.  Men  employed  on  tliis  work  will  be  rated  according  to 
the  particular  class  of  work  for  which  employed,  but  in  making  selection  only  men 
able  to  show  experience  on  marine  work  will  be  chosen.     66  cents  an  hour. 

Toolmaker.- — Must  be  capable  of  working  on  bench  and  machines;  must  have  had 
extended  experience  in  tool-making  work,  including  the  making  of  taps,  dies,  reamers, 
and  other  small  tools,  and  must  be  able  to  care  intelligently  for  same.  Also  compe- 
tent in  making  jigs.  66  cents  an  hour.  Will  be  carried  under  general  heading  of 
machinist. 

Turret-lathe  operator. — Must  have  had  at  least  two  years'  experience  within  the  last 
four  years  operating  modem  turret  lathes.  Men  for  this  work  will  be  rated  as  macliin- 
ists  (machine)  at  rates  determined  by  their  efficiency. 


MASTER    (marine). 


See  Dredging  positions. 
See  Dredging  positions. 


Iron. — Must  have  had  experience  in  marine  and  general  jobbing  foundry.  Must  be 
capa]>le  of  "working  in  both  green  and  dry  sand,  and  must  be  accustomed  to  doing 
side,  floor,  and  crane  work.     No  bench  molder  will  fill  this  specification. 

Brass. — Must  have  had  at  least  four  years'  experience  on  marine  work  and  steam 
and  water  tight  fittings. 

Steel. — Must  fill  all  requirements  for  an  iron  molder,  and  in  addition  must  be  expe- 
rienced in  the  making  of  both  dry  and  green  sand  molds  for  steel  castings.  Must  be 
capable  of  doing  crane  work. 

The  rating  molder  will  cover  all  branches  of  the  trade,  including  coremaker,  but 
employment  will  be  based  on  the  special  experience  of  the  applicant  in  the  branch 
lor  which  men  are  wanted.     68  cents  an  hour. 


Male  andfcmcilr. — Applicants  must  be  between  the  ages  of  20  and  40  years,  gradu- 
ates of  schools  for  trained  nurses  having  at  least  a  two  years'  course,  and  have  had  at 
least  one  year's  sul)sequent  experience  in  a  modern  and  well-equipped  ho«8])ital;  or,  in 
the  case  of  male  nurses,  ha\ing  served  at  least  one  enlistment  in  the  Hospital  Corps 
of  the  United  States  Army  or  Navy.  The  entrance  salary  for  female  nurses  is  $05  a 
month,  with  subsistence  and  laundry  of  uniforms,  with  promotion  of  $5  a  month  for 
each  two  years'  satisfactory  service  until  a  maximum  of  $85  a  month  is  reached. 
Male  nurses  will  be  appointed  at  $00  a  month,  without  sul)sistence  or  laundry,  and 
may  be  promoted  $5  a  month  at  the  end  of  each  two  years'  satisfactory  service  until 
a  maximum  of  $125  a  month  is  reached.  Only  single  men  are  desired  for  the  position 
of  male  nurse.     This  position  is  subject  to  ciA'il-service  examination.     See  section  2. 

OBSERVER. 

Man  who  has  had  two  years'  experience  in  meteorological  work  and  is  familiar  with 
the  observations  made  and  instruments  \ised  at  "first-class"  United  States  Y/eather 
Bureau  stations.     Entrance  salary,  $100  a  month. 


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(»i'i;i:.\T()it. 

Brown  //ow/.-  -$175  a  mkhiIIi. 

Dipper  dredge. — See  l)re(l{;;ing  ])c)HitioiiH. 

Electric  crane. — $125  to  $150  a  month,  with  t;ortain  exceptions. 

Electric  switchboard.— $125  to  $150  a  month. 

Filter. — Must  liavc  equivalent  of  liif^h-frhool  education.  Required  to  read  the 
meters,  keep  notes,  and  make  calculations.  For  work  at  water-purification  jjlants. 
$100  and  $125  a  month. 

Fire  appuratit.^  {motor).-  AW  appointees  to  this  position  must  be  single  white  men 
between  the  at,'os  of  20  and  10  years,  not  less  tlian  5  feet  7  inches  nor  more  than  6  feet  2 
inches  in  height,  weighing  not  less  than  140  pounds  nor  more  than  210  pounds,  with  a 
cheatmeasurementof  not  less  than  35  inches  (measurements  and  weights  without  cloth- 
ing^ and  1)0  in  good  health  and  sound  in  body.  Must  have  had  at  least  two  years' 
experience  as  first  driver  in  charge  of  a  motor  pumping  engine  in  a  paid  fire  dej)artment 
and  liave  received  tlie  compensation  attached  to  that  ])osition.  Applicants  must 
furnish  satisfactory  references  as  to  soliriety,  moral  character,  and  experience  from  the 
chief,  assistant  chief,  or  other  superior  officer  of  the  dejjartment  in  which  the  applicant 
has  served.  Appointees  are  required  to  furnish  their  own  uniforms,  which  should  be 
secured  on  the  Isthnuis.  They  must  agree  to  serve  one  year  with  the  lire  force  on  the 
Isthmus.  After  arrival  on  the  Isthmus  appointees  will  l)e  recjuired  to  pass  an  exami- 
nation before  the  board  of  local  inspectors  and  demonstrate  their  aljility  to  operate 
automobile  fire  apparatus.  This  position  is  generally  filled  l)y  promotion  of  qualified 
firemen.     $120  a  month. 

Sand  blmt. — Must  have  had  at  least  one  year's  experience  in  the  operation  of  sand 
blast  for  cleaning  castings,  etc.,  in  the  foundry,  or  for  cleaning  scale  from  metal  work, 
or  both.     52  cents  an  hour. 

Suction  dredge. — See  Dredging  positions. 

Telephone  sinlchhoard,  female. — AjipUcants  must  be  between  the  ages  of  18  and  26 
years  and  must  have  had  at  least  two  years'  experience  in  operating  common  battery 
subscribers'  boards.     $50  to  $75  a  month. 

Towing  Zocomo^ire.— This  position  filled  by  operating  force  in  addition  to  other 
duties.     $150  a  month. 

PAINTER. 

House. — Must  be  a  good  brush  man  who  can  mix  ordinary  colors.  Preference  will 
be  given  to  men  experienced  in  handling  gangs.  Experience  must  cover  all  the  work 
usually  performed  in  houses. 

Car. — Must  be  experienced  in  striping,  varnishing,  and  finishing  locomotive  and 
coach  work,  in  addition  to  straight  painting,  and  must  have  had  at  least  three  years' 
service  in  either  railway  or  car  shops. 

Ship. — Mxist  hq^ve  had  at  least  two  years'  experience  in  a  shipyard  and  be  capable 
of  performing  all  painting,  glossing,  etc.,  required  on  shipboard. 

The  foregoing  will  be  rated  as  painters.     60  cents  an  hour. 

Letferer  and  grainer.—llusi  be  competent  to  do  all  kinds  of  lettering  and  graining, 
including  gold,  silver,  and  bronze  leaf  work,  except  high-grade  free-hand  sign 
painting.     Must  be  capable  of  laying  off  stencils  for  letters.     70  cents  an  hour. 

Sign.— Must  be  capable  of  performing  all  the  work  required  of  letterer  and  grainer, 
and  in  addition  must  be  capable  of  doing  the  highest  class  free-hand  lettering  and 
sign  painting.     81  cents  an  hour. 

TATTEliN    M.\KER. 

Must  have  had  four  years'  experience  as  a  journeyman  pattern  maker  and  must  be 
capable  of  making  light  and  hesLvy  patterns  for  marine,  locomotive,  and  general  jobbing 
work,  including  gearing.     75  cents  per  hour. 


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PHYSICIAN. 


Must  be  single  and  graduate  of  recognized  medical  school.  Age  limits,  22  to  30 
years.  Entrance  salary,  |150  a  month.  This  position  is  subject  to  civil-service 
examination.     See  section  2;  also  Interne. 


Must  hold  a  master's  certificate  for  unlimited  tonnage  on  seagoing  or  Great  Lakes 
steamers  and  be  experienced  in  handling  them  around  wharves  or  through  locks; 
also  be  proficient  in  navigation  pertaining  to  pilotage,  especially  so  in  all  matters 
relating  to  the  compass.  Must  be  temperate,  physically  sound,  temperamentally 
suitable,  under  45  years,  and  preferably  not  over  35.  May  be  required  to  act  as  master 
of  tugboat,  pending  assignment  as  regular  pilot.  Entrance  salary,  $200  a  month. 
Increase  of  $25  each  six  months  until  maximum  of  $250  a  month  is  reached,  contingent 
upon  satisfactory  service.  Preference  will  be  given  to  persons  employed  on  floating 
equipment  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

PIPE    FITTER. 

Must  be  experienced  and  capable  of  handling,  working,  and  bending  all  lands  of 
wrought-iron  pipe,  from  smallest  size  to  10  inches  in  diameter,  and  experienced  in 
locomotive  and  car  steam  and  air  piping.     65  cents  an  hour. 

PLANING-MILL   HAND. 

Must  have  had  four  years'  experience  as  journeyman  mill  hand  and  capable  of  run- 
ning heavy  woodworking  machinery,  such  as  planers,  surfacers,  matchers,  rip  and  cut 
off  saws,  mortising  and  boring  machines  on  general  milling  work.     56  cents  an  hour. 

PLASTERER. 

Must  be  thoroughly  experienced  in  both  plain  and  ornamental  work.  78  cents  an 
hour. 

PLUMBER. 

Must  be  qualified  to  install  house  or  ship  plumbing  in  all  its  branches,  including 
brass  and  nickel  work  and  lead  work;  must  be  able  to  wipe  joints  and  to  line  up  piping 
and  fittings.  Must  have  had  at  least  four  years'  experience  as  a  journeyman.  Con- 
struction work,  78  cents  an  hour.     Maintenance  work,  $143  a  month. 

POLICEMAN. 

First  class.— White  man,  single,  between  the  ages  of  21  and  40  years,  at  least  5  feet 
8  inches  in  height,  with  a  minimum  weight  of  140  pounds  (measurement  and  weight 
without  clothing);  sound  physique  and  clear  intellect,  good  moral  character  and  cor- 
rect habits,  and  be  able  to  read  and  write  the  English  language.  A  knowledge  of 
Spanish  is  desirable,  and  also  an  excellent  discharge  from  the  United  States  Army, 
Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  or  record  of  satisfactory  experience  in  police  work.  All  ap- 
pointees *jo  this  position  are  required  to  furnish  their  own  uniforms,  which  should  be 
secured  in  Panama.  They  must  agree  to  serve  one  year  with  the  police  force  on  the 
Isthmus.  Salaries  $93,  $112.50,  and  $125  a  month.  Initial  appointments  are  usually 
made  at  the  $93  rate.  Promotions  to  the  rank  of  sergeant,  lieutenant,  and  captain 
are  made  from  the  ranks.  Sergeants  are  paid  $130,  lieutenants  $140,  and  captains 
$160  a  month. 

QUARANTINE    GUARD. 

Single  men,  with  at  least  a  common-school  education;  knowledge  of  ships  necessary; 
pre\dous  experience  as  seaman  desirable.     Preference  given  to  exnoncommissioned 


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oflifors  an<l  otlu-r  cnlisU'd  incii  with  i-xccllcnL  (liscliur<,'cvs  from  tlio  Uuiled  .States 
Army  or  Navy.  Tlie  phyaical  rtMiuiremonta  for  thia  position  are  the  same  as  for  the 
position  of  polic(>nian.     Entranco  sahiry,  $100  a  niontli. 

HUAiKH. 

Wcif/fil  /«i/((/.'(n<7.  -Must  have  had  experience  of  at  least  two  years  in  handliiij,' 
weight.^;  must  know  how  to  pmm  straps  for  safe  liandling  of  weights,  have  a  good  idea 
of  size  of  straps  and  luunber  and  cliaraed  r  of  turns  for  different  kinds  of  weights,  and 
must  be  competent  to  supervise  a  gang  of  h\horers.     04  cents  an  liour. 

Ri<f(/lii<f  fillers.  Riggers  for  work  on  titling  rigging  must  be  competent  to  si)lice 
wire,  henij),  and  nianihx  rope  with  all  styles  of  splicing,  to  make  eyes  and  seizings, 
and  to  worm,  parcel,  and  serve  rigging,  and  to  fit  and  set  up  the  same  on  ships. 
64  cents  an  hour. 

niVETEK. 

Should  be  capable  of  driviaig  rivets  both  by  hand  and  pneumatic  hammer  for  water- 
tight and  oil-tight  work  on  hulls  and  tanks.     63  cents  an  hour. 


An  active  young  man,  between  20  and  30  years  of  age,  with  about  one  year's  expe- 
rience in  the  field  and  possessing  the  equivalent  of  a  liigh-school  education,  or  graduate 
of  a  technical  school  in  the  civil-engineering  course.     $83.33  a  month. 

SANITARY   INSPECTOU. 

Applicants  must  preferably  be  graduates  of  technical  schools  in  civil  or  sanitary 
engineering,  preference  to  be  given  to  those  who  have  had  experience  under  tropical 
conditions.  Applications  should  be  addressed  to  the  "'Chief  Health  Officer,  Balboa 
Heights,  Canal  Zone."     Entrance  salary,  $125  a  month. 

SAUSAGE    MAKER. 

Must  have  at  least  five  years'  experience  with  large  sausage-making  establislmients. 
Must  be  familiar  with  all  details  of  sausage  making  and  be  competent  to  instruct  others. 
$125  to  $150  a  month. 

SCHOOL-TEACHER. 

Grade  teachers  must  have  completed  a  regular  four-year  high-school  or  academy 
course,  and  must  have  had  at  least  two  years'  training  in  a  standard  normal  school 
or  college,  and  at  least  two  years'  successful  experience  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
United  States.  In  place  of  the  two  years'  normal  school  or  college  training  required 
for  grade  positions,  high-school  teachers  must  have  had  four  years'  college  or  univer- 
sity training.  Applications  should  be  addressed  to  the  "Superintendent  of  Schools, 
Balboa  Heights,  Canal  Zone , ' '  who  will  furnish  all  information .  Appointments  are  made 
for  the  school  year  of  nine  months,  beginning  October  1.  Entrance  salaries:  Grade 
teachers,  $95  a  month;  high-school  teachers,  $120  a  month.  All  teachers  receive  an 
increase  of  $5  a  month  each  year  for  three  years,  contingent  upon  satisfactory  ser\-ice. 
Sick  leave  up  to  24  days  in  the  school  year,  when  sickness  is  certified  to  by  a  Govern- 
ment physician,  is  allowed.  No  "annual,"  "cumulative,"  or  "travel"  leave  is 
granted  to  teachers.     Married  women  are  not  eligible  to  this  position. 

SHEET-METAL   WORKER. 

Must  be  capable  of  working  all  classes  of  sheet  metal  less  than  one-eighth  inch  in 
thickness,  including  galvanized  iron,  tin,  and  sheet  copper  and  installing  copper 


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flashing.     Must  be  able  to   lay  out  and  construct  cornices,  ventilators,  skylights, 
piping,  and  elbows,  etc.,  and  make  tanks  and  containers  for  liquids.     69  cents  an  hour. 

SHIP   FITTER. 

Must  be  capable  of  laying  out  and  doing  all  kinds  of  ironwork  on  hulls,  decks,  bulk- 
heads, and  water-tight  compartments,  and  of  laying  out  and  doing  all  kinds  of  sheet- 
iron  work  usually  found  in  a  shipyard.     65  cents  an  hoiir. 

SHIP  JOINER. 

Must  be  capable  of  doing  all  kinds  of  joiner  work  on  steamboats  of  any  description. 
66  cents  an  hour. 

SHIPWRIGHT. 

Must  be  capable  of  doing  all  sliip\vright  or  sliip  carpenter's  A\'ork,  including  laying 
off  and  shaping  frames  and  planking,  construction  of  small  boats,  fastenings,  scarfing, 
beveling,  etc.     66  cents  an  hour. 

STENOGRAPHER. 

See  Clerk. 

STEVEDORE. 

He  should  hold  a  second  mate's  certificate,  have  a  good  all-round  knowledge  of  a 
ship,  such  as  reeving  off  necessary  gear,  getting  derricks,  etc.,  placed  in  order,  rigging 
up  purchases  for  taking  out  or  putting  in  heavy  weights,  know  what  working  strain 
the  different  purchases,  gear,  chain,  wire  slings,  and  lashings  -will  stand ;  how  to  load 
a  ship  with  regard  to  different  commodities  stowed  together,  placing  of  dunnage, 
stability  of  vessel,  draft,  etc.  Should  be  able  to  stow  sliip  when  same  is  loaded  for 
several  ports  so  that  when  ship  leaves  one  port  for  another  she  will  be  evenly  trimmed, 
stand  upright,  with  cargo  secure;  know  how  to  stow  cargoes  so  as  to  comply  with  all 
underwriters  and  boards  of  trade  rules;  measure  off  hold  space,  give  correct  account 
of  how  much  cargo  vessel  can  take,  either  when  empty  or  partially  loaded,  to  com- 
plete.   $100  to  1150  a  month. 

STEWARD. 

Man  with  experience  in  American-plan  hotels,  both  as  steward  and  clerk.  Must 
be  able  to  keep  simple  accounts  and  have  sufficient  knowletlge  of  cooking  to  be  able 
to  actually  do  the  cooking  if  cook  should  quit.  $83.33  and  $100  a  month,  including 
subsistence. 

SUPERINTENDENT. 

Bakery. — Must  have  had  several  years'  experience  in  charge  of  large  bakeries. 
Competent  to  supervise  wliite  and  colored  labor  in  the  manufacture  of  bread  and 
all  kinds  of  cake  and  pastry.     $175  to  $200  a  month. 

Cold-storage  plant.~M.ust  have  had  at  least  five  years'  experience  in  handUng 
meats  and  provisions  in  refrigeration  and  be  competent  to  handle  skilled  and  unskilled 
wlaite  and  colored  labor.  A  man  with  some  packing-house  experience  is  preferred. 
$175  to  $200  a  month. 

LauTidry.— Must  be  thoroughly  experienced  in  all  lines  of  steam  laundry  work 
and  have  been  in  entire  charge  of  large  laundries.  Several  years'  experience  in  rush 
steamsliip,  hotel,  and  personal  laundry  work  is  essential.     $175  to  $200  a  month. 

TELEGRAPH    OPERATOR. 

Capable  railroad  operator  with  clerical  experience.     Entrance  salary  $100  a  month. 


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TtCKKT    COI.I.I-.CTUI!. 


^^Ilst  luivo  a  5,'('iKTaI  kiiowl.'dj^'c  of  th..  hundliiij,'  of  iailroa<l  pa«.sengcT  tran.sportation 
forms,  preferably  one  who  has  liad  at  least  one  year's  experienco  as  ticket  agent  or 
ticket  coUecttir  in  railroad  wrvico.     $125  to  $150  a  inontli. 


Tii.i:si:-iTi;i;. 
77  rents  an  hour. 

TIMKKKKl'KIl. 

Rated  as  clerk.     Sec  requiremenls  uikUt  heading  of  Clerk. 

TiNs.Mrrn. 


See  Sheet-metal  worker. 
See  Machinist,  toolmaker. 


TOOLMAKER. 


The  principal  requi.sites  of  this  position  are  ability  to  use  drawing  instruments 
with  precision  and  neatness,  togetlier  A\-ith  a  neat  style  of  lettering.  The  applicant 
need  have  no  designing  ability,  but  should  be  able  to  take  any  pencil  sketch  and 
make  a  workmanlike  drawing.  Tracers  are  expected  1o  furnish  their  own  drawing 
instruments.    $60  to  $75  a  month. 


TliACK   FOREiMAN. 


Must  be  experienced  in  laying  and  surfacing  new  track  and  capable  of  installing 
an<l  maintaining  switches.  Must  know  all  details  of  this  work  and  be  able  to  instruct 
personally  the  laI)orers  how  to  do  the  work  as  well  as  manage  them.  No  foreman  who 
has  only  had  experience  on  maintenance  of  way  and  without  construction  experience 
in  marshy  country  wanted.  One  preferred  who  is  experienced  on  both  maintenance 
and  construction.     $100  to  $150  a  month. 

TRANSITMAN. 

Same  as  levelman,  but  must  have  had  a  large  amount  of  practical  experience. 
This  position  is  usually  filled  by  promotion.     $150  a  month. 

TYPEWRITER   AND   ADDING-MACHINE    REPAIR    MAN. 

One  experienced  in  repairing  different  makes  of  adding  machines  and  typewriters, 
including  the  Underwood  machine.  Must  furnish  all  the  tools  necessary  in  tliis 
work.     $100  to  $150  a  month. 

WELDElt. 

Acetylene.— Must  have  had  at  least  two  years'  experience  A\-ith  acetylene  torches; 
must  ])e  capable  of  doing  all  classes  of  cutting  and  welding,  including  welding  castings 
and  light  plates.     63  cents  an  hour. 

Electric. — Must  have  had  at  least  two  years'  experience  at  electric  welding  with 
the  carbon-arc  t^npe  of  apparatus  and  must  be  proficient  in  welding  castings  and 
plates.     63  cents  an  hour. 

W'IREMAN. 

Under  general  rating  of  "Wiremtm"  appointments  will  be  made  for  specific  pur- 
poses, as  indicated  by  subratings.  When  a  particular  class  of  work  is  not  available, 
Miremcn  will  l)e  expected  to  perform  work  required  in  any  or  all  of  the  subratings  to 
the  iK'st  of  their  ability.  All  wiremen  must  furnish  tools.  (See  sec.  13.)  69  cents 
an  hour. 


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Armature  winder. — Experienced  in  repair  shop  work  and  repairs  of  all  classes  of 
electrical  apparatus  and  machinery.  Must  be  capable  of  winding,  taping,  and  im- 
pregnating of  motor,  transformer,  and  magnet  coils,  rewinding  and  connecting  both 
A.  C.  and  D.  C.  motors,  and  shop  repairs.     69  cents  an  hour. 

Cable  splicer. — Experienced  in  and  capable  of  making  splices  in  single  and  multii:)le 
conductor  lead-covered  cables.  Should  have  had  experience  in  installing  under- 
ground transmission  systems  of  potentials  from  2,300  volts  up.  Must  be  careful  and 
able  to  make  the  joint  complete,  including  wiping  on  and  sealing  of  sleeve. 

Cable  splicer,  telephone. — Must  be  experienced  in  and  competent  to  make  splices 
on  telephone  cable  of  all  capacities  up  to  300  pairs.  ^lust  have  had  at  least  two  years' 
experience  with  some  reputable  company.     69  cents  an  hour,  and  $150  a  month. 

Electric. — One  who  is  experienced  and  capable  of  doing  open  and  concealed  wiring 
and  fnolding  work  for  electric  lighting.  He  must  be  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
National  Electrical  Code,  as  comprised  in  the  Regulations  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire 
Underwriters  for  Electric  Wiring  and  Apparatus.  Conduit  wiremen  must  also 
have  had  two  years'  experience  in  fitting  electric  conduit  and  wiring  therein. 

Motor  and  control. — Men  for  this  class  of  work  should  be  experienced  in  setting  of 
control  or  contactor  panels,  including  all  connections  between  the  motor  and  feeder 
system  and  between  the  motor  and  control  panel.  Experience  with  the  installation 
of  electrical  equipment  in  steel  mills,  cotton  mills,  large  shops,  or  similar  institutions 
will  be  given  preference.  Most  of  the  equipment  consists  of  three-phase  motors  and 
alternating-current  control  equipment,  although  there  is  some  direct-current  control 
equipment,  but  men  having  bad  direct-current  experience  only  will  not  be  suitable. 

Station  and  switchboard. — Must  be  experienced  in  hydroelectric  station,  switch- 
boards, and  transformer-room  equipment.  Experience  with  construction  depart- 
ments of  the  large  public-service  electrical  companies  or  as  erectors  or  construction 
men  for  the  large  electrical  manufacturing  companies  preferred.  Experience  only 
on  low-tension  switchboards  will  not  qualify  for  control  and  switchboard  work;  expe- 
rience with  remote  control  apparatus  also  required. 

Telephone  tvireman  or  inspector. — Must  be  experienced  in  common  battery  exchange 
equipment  and  must  h'ave  had  at  least  two  years'  experience  in  installation  of  tele- 
phone switchboards,  storage  batteries,  subscribers'  equipment,  etc.  $125  to  $162.50 
a  month. 

Transjormcr  and.  oil  svntch. — Men  who  have  had  experience  in  insulating  bus  bars, 
making  up  high-tension  terminal  bells  and  joints,  assembling  and  erecting  oil  switches 
and  transformers  for  both  light  and  power  service.  They  should  also  be  familiar 
with  the  installation  of  potential  and  current  transformers  and  incidental  ^\^ring  for 
metering  the  current.  Experience  with  large  public-service  electrical  companies 
which  maintain  their  own  construction  departments  is  desirable  for  this  class  of  work. 
Also  experience  with  large  electrical  manufacturing  concerns  may  be  suitable,  de- 
pending upon  the  detail  of  the  experience.  Outside  overhead  linemen  with  outdoor 
transformer  experience  are  not  desired  on  account  of  the  wide  difference  in  the  class 
of  transformer  work  to  be  done  on  the  Isthmus.  Experience  with  4,500  volts  up  is 
preferred. 

YARDMASTER. 

Filled  by  promotion  of  conductors.     $150  to  $210  a  month. 

TOOL   LIST. 

Sec.  13.  All  mechanics  should  take  with  them,  to  the  Isthmus  the  tools  of  their 
trade  that  it  is  customary  for  them  to  carry  with  them  in  the  States.  Tools  can  not 
be  bought  to  advantage  on  tlie  Isthmus.  The  following  list  of  tools  needed  in  certain 
ci'afts  is  given  merely  as  a  guide  to  new  employees  of  what  is  expected  in  this  line. 


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It  will  be  understood,  however,  that  mechanics  in  other  crafts  will  be  required  to 
provide  themselves  with  appropriate  tools: 

lihicksmiths. — ralijx'rs,  rule,  dividers,  square. 

Boiler  makers. — Steel  rule,  dividers,  calipers,  square,  spud  WTenchefl,  chippinp; 
hammers. 

Cabinetmakers. — Same  as  carjx'nters,  with  addition  of  oni!  set,  of  hand-carvin<^  tools. 

Calkers,  wood. — ("alkin<;  mallet,  a  complete  set  of  calkinjj;  tools,  stool. 

Car-penters. — Cross-cut  saw,  rij)  saw,  c-ompass  saw,  tenon  saw,  drawknife,  spoke 
shave,  scraper,  ratchet  brace,  extension  bit,  set  of  au^er  bits,  sjjiral  screw  driver,  set 
of  standard  drills  and  stock,  jack  ])huu',  smooth  plane,  fore  plane,  adz,  claw  hammcsr, 
hatchet,  steel  scpiare,  small  scpiarc,  L'-foot  rule,  try-s((uare,  set  of  chisels,  set  of  f^out^es, 
mallet,  pair  of  comi)asses,  level,  oilstone,  (i  and  12  inch  ordinary  screw  drivers,  block 
plane,  countersink  and  screw-driver  bits  for  brace,  markinj^  gau<,'e. 

Car  repairers  and  inspectors.— Chiw  hammer,  hatchet  or  small  hand  ax,  oilstone,  2 
handsaws  (cross  (nit),  2-foot  steel  srjuare,  try-square,  bevel  square,  smoothin-,'  jjlane, 
jack  plane,  set  of  chisels  ^  to  2  inches,  brace  not  less  than  12-inch  sweep,  set  of  three 
different  sized  screw-driver  bits  for  brace,  set  of  ship  auger  bits  from  j^  to  l-^  inch, 
set  of  gimlet  or  drill  bits  No.  1  to  No.  8,  2-foot  rule,  mallet. 

Coppersmiths. — B.  P.  hammer,  set  of  chisels,  set  of  solid  punches,  pair  of  10-inch 
dividers,  circular  snips  No.  8,  straight  snips  No.  7,  pocketknife,  set  of  beating  hammers, 
24-inch  steel  rule,  center  punch. 

Core  makers. — Trowel,  lifter,  double  ender,  set  slickers. 

Draftsmen. — One  set  of  drawing  instruments,  T  square,  bevel  square,  splines, 
curv^es. 

Erectors. — One  pair  each  of  8-inch  inside  and  outside  calipers,  one  pair  8-inch 
dividers,  3-foot  steel  rule,  combination  set  with  24-inch  steel  rule,  (j-inch  steel  scale, 
one  set  trammel  points. 

Instrument  makers. — Same  as  tj-pewriter  repair  men,  and  in  addition  special  tools 
for  watchmaking. 

Ironivorkers. — Same  as  ship  fitters. 

Joiners. — Same  as  carpenters. 

Linemen. — Tool  bag,  belt,  ratchet  brace,  2-inch  wood  chisel  "firmer  socket,"  Haven 
clamp,  pair  of  climbers,  claw  hammer,  pair  of  8-inch  side  cutting  pliers,  6-foot  rule, 
hand  cross-cut  saw,  G  and  10  inch  screw  drivers,  safety  strap,  tool  (Howe's)  or  jack 
strap,  lag  screw  wrench,  monkey  wi-ench,  hacksaw  frame,  B.  P.  hammer,  carpenter's 
square,  pocketknife. 

Locksmiths. — Same  as  instrument  makers,  except  tools  for  typewriter  repairs,  and 
include  special  tools  for  locksmith  work. 

Machinists. — One  each  of  the  following:  3,  6,  and  12  inch  scales,  1  pair  each  inside 
and  outside  calipers  (6  and  12  inch),  pair  6-inch  dividers,  center  gauge,  surface  gauge, 
depth  gauge,  scratch  gauge,  thickness  gauge,  USS  thread  gauge,  toolbox,  box  square, 
12-inch  square  and  bevel  protractor,  8-inch  hermaphrodite,  screw  driver,  phmib 
bob,  6-inch  flexible  steel  rule,  pair  extension  trams,  B.  P.  hammer,  12-inch  monkey 
wrench,  combination  square,  2  or  3  inch  outside  micrometer,  12-inch  inside  microm- 
eter, spirit  level,  2-foot  rule,  center  punch. 

Millwrights. — Box  square,  B.  P.  hammer,  brace  and  set  of  bits,  plurnb  bob,  chalk 
line,  handsaw  (cross  cut),  24-inch  spirit  level,  2-foot  square,  pair  _12-inch  dividers, 
carpenter's  claw  hammer,  6-toot  folding  rule,  50-foot  steel  tape,  6-inch  scale,  set  of 
inside  calipers,  set  of  outside  calipers,  8-inch  hermaphrodite,  scrapers,  6,  10,  and  14 
inch  monkey  WTenches. 

Molders. — Trowels,  flange  tools,  lifters  of  all  sizes,  pipe  slickers,  double  enders, 
half-round  corners,  inside  square  corners,  hub  tool,  bead  tool,  hammer,  2-foot  rule, 
square  corners. 

Pattern  makers. — No.  7  or  No.  8  jointer,  jack  plane,  block  plane,  set  of  paring  chisels, 
set  of  paring  gouges,  set  of  Adis  carving  gouges,  router  with  set  bits,  rabbet  j)lane, 
sole  plane  with  set  bits,  handsaw,  tenon  saw,  compass  saw,  pair  pliers,  combination 
try-square  with  center  head,  4-inch  try-square,  4  and  12  inch  combination  squares, 
24-inch  framing  sciuare,  14-inch  try-square,  set  of  nail  sets,  set  of  oilstones,  set  of 
calipers,  set  of  turning  tools,  set  of  shrink  rules  i-^,  \,  and  ^  inch  shrink  per  foot), 
set  Russell  Jennings  bits,  set  brace  screw-driver  bits,  brace,  hand  screw  driver, 
10-inch  bevel  square,  set  spoke  shaves  for  curved  and  straight  work,  set  of  dividers, 
pair  trammels,  2  scratch  gauges  (large  and  small),  claw  hammer,  and  one  upholsterer's 


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hammer,  set  round-bottom  planes,  2-foot  rule,  set  firmer  chisels,  expansion  bit,  set 
twist  drills  and  brace. 

Pipefitters. — Pair  10-inch  dividers,  6-foot  rule,  pair  G-inch  gas  pliers,  50-foot  steel 
tape,  6,  8,  and  10  inch  Stillson  -wrenches. 

PZiwriers.— Hammer,  screw  driver,  pair  cutting  pliers,  compass  saw,  set  brace,  bits 
and  drills,  wood  chisel  and  gouge,  \  and  2  inch  bending  springs,  turnpin,  compassses 
shave  hook,  bending  irons,  calking  irons,  soldering  irons,  cold  chisel,  joint  runner, 
file,  brass  pipe  'wrench,  10  and  14  inch  Stillson  wrenches,  12-inch  monkey  wrench, 
\  and  2  inch  drift  plugs,  ladle,  wiising  cloths,  rasp,  tap  borer,  6-foot  rule,  basin  wrencli, 
hack  saw,  8-inch  Stillson  wrench. 

Shcet-mctal  ivorhers. — Circular  snips  No.  8,  straight  snips  No.  7,  pair  10-inch  dividers, 
pair  6-inch  wire  pliers,  one  small  and  one  large  tinner's  hammer,  Nos.  4  and  7  riAct 
sets,  50-foot  steel  tape,  center  punch,  6-foot  rule,  mallet,  center  punch,  soldering 
irons,  scratch  awl,  monkey  wrench,  breast  drill  and  bits. 

Ship  fitters. — Two-foot  rule,  chalk  line  and  reel,  center  punch,  B.  P.  hammer, 
square,  dividers,  spud  wrenches. 

Ship  joiners. — Screw  driver  (6-inch),  screw  driver  (12-inch),  ecrew-driver  bit,  adz, 
smooth  plane,  joiner  plane,  jack  plane,  spokeshave,  2-foot  rule,  set  of  gouges,  set  of 
wood  chisels,  bevel,  set  wood  bits,  hand  drill  and  bits,  ratchet  brace,  24-inch  car- 
penter's square,  oilstone,  try-square,  marking  gauge,  claw  hammer,  hatchet,  draw- 
knife,  handsaws,  pair  dividers,  chalk  line,  mallet,  spirit  level,  calipers,  monkey 
wrench,  angle  brace,  block  plane,  50-foot  steel  tape. 

Shipwrights. — Broadax,  screw  drivers  (6  and  12  inch),  adz,  spike  maul,  screw-driver 
bit,  set  of  wood  bits,  set  of  wood  chisels,  set  of  gouges,  ratchet  brace,  24-inch  car- 
penter's sc^uare,  bevel,  oilstone,  race  knife,  try-square,  smoothing  plane,  jack  plane, 
marking  gauge,  claw  hammer,  light  riveting  hammer,  2-foot  rule,  50-foot  steel  tape, 
pair  dividers,  spokeshave,  cold  chisels,  saws  (cut-off  and  rip),  spirit  level,  chalk  line 
and  reel,  fore  plane,  calipers,  expansion  bit,  plumb  bob,  angle  brace. 

Toolmakers. — Three-fourths-pound  B.  P.  hammer,  1-iuch  micrometer,  2-inch 
micrometer,  3-inch  micrometer,  inside  micrometer,  4,  6,  10  inch  inside  calipers,  4,  6, 
10  inch  outside  calipers,  surface  gauge,  USS  screw  pitch  gauge,  universal  bevel  i)ro- 
tractor,  4,  6,  12, 18  inch  steel  rules,  6-iuch  flexible  steel  rule,  6-inch  narrow  hook  rule, 
center  punch,  3-inch  dividers,  6-inch  dividers,  4-inch  hermaphrodite  caliper,  5-inch 
inside-thread  caliper,  5-inch  outside-tliread  caliper,  60"  center  gauge,  depth  gauge, 
6-inch  solid  steel  square,  test  indicator,  3-inch  screw  driver,  6-inch  screw  driver, 
oilstone,  thickness  gauge,  magnif  jdug  glass,  scriljer,  straightedge  (4  to  12  inch),  feelers, 
2-foot  rule,  surface  gauge,  tool  gauge,  thread  gauge. 

Typewriter  repair  men. — Twelve-inch  screw  driver,  7-inch  (^-inch  bit)  screw  driver, 
65-inch  Champion  screw  driver,  6-inch  (^e-inch  bit)  Champion  screw  driver,  small  steel 
hammer,  small  copper  hammer,  paii'Starett's  pliers  (for  music  wire),  pair  3-prong  pliers, 
pair  flat-nose  pliers  (4^-inch),  pair  round-nose  pliers,  pair  parallel  ])liers  (4^-inch),  pair 
parallel  pliers  (6-inch),  pair  side-aligning  pliers  for  Underwood  typewriter,  pair  ring- 
detaching  pliers  for  Underwood  typewriter,  pair  of  tweezers,  typewriter  twister  for 
Underwood  typewriter,  shift-rail  t\vister  for  Underwood  tyi^ewriter,  aligning  wrench 
for  Underwood  typewriter,  trip  wrench  for  Underwood  typewriter,  hexagon  nut  wrench 
for  Underwood  typewriter,  soldering  gauge,  alcohol  torch,  oilstone. 

Wiremen.- — Tool  bag,  set  of  wood  luts,  ratchet  brace,  soldering  copper  (2  pounds), 
claw  hammer,  pair  gas  pliers,  2  pairs  side-CTitting  pliers  (6  and  8  inch),  6-foot  rule,  3 
screw  drivers  (3,  6,  and  10  inch),  blow  torch,  8-inch  monkey  WTench,  cable  knife, 
14-inch  pipe  wrench. 

Wiremcn  (telephone). — Tool  bag,  set  of  wood  l)its,  ratchet  brace,  soldering  copper, 
claw  hammer,  one  pair  pliers  (S.  C.  6-inch),  one  pair  diagonal  pliers  (4-inch),  2  screw 
drivers  (3  and  6  inch),  blow  torch. 

Cable  splicers  (telephone). — Cable  s])Utter,  cal)le  stripper,  turning  pin,  one  pair 
pliers  (6-inch),  soldering  copper,  blow  torch,  shave  hook,  boxwood  dresser,  bossing 
stick,  wi])ing  cloth,  melting  pot,  ladle. 

GENERAL  CONDITIONS  OF  EMPLOYMENT. 

Sec.  14.  The  following  Executive  order  was  issued  on  February  2,  1914,  providing 
conditions  of  employment  for  the  permanent  force  for  The  Panama  Canal: 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  i.s  hereby  ordered  that  the  general  comiitions  of  em- 
ployment governing  employees  on  the  Istlimu.s  of  Panama  necessary  for  the  completion,  care,  manage- 
ment, maintenance,  .sanitation,  goveniment,  and  0]u'ralion  of  The  Panama  Canal,  the  Canal  Zone,  the 
Panama  Railroad,  and  other  adjuncts,  shall  be  as  follows: 


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ArroiNTMF.NT  AND  COMPENSATION. 

1.  Tlio  salaries  or  componsation  of  rinployccs  shall  In  no  liistanco  oxc(^od  by  iiioro  than  2.')  por  cont  tho 
salarii'sori'oniponsatioii  paid  for  tho  sainc  or  similar  siTviws  to  jiorsons employed  by  the  fiovcninient  in 
Continental  United  States,  as  determined  hy  the  >;overnor  of  The  Tanama  ("anal.    (.See  note  lielow.) 

2.  Servlco  must  l)0  .satisfactory  to  the  liead  of  the  departm(!nt  In  which  employ(>d,  and  employees  arc 
subject  to  the  ret,'ulations  of  tho  jiovcmor. 

3.  The  compensation  and  con<lilioiis  of  employment  of  persons  employed  in  tho  United  States  will  bo 
specified  in  provisional  aj)i)ointmenls.  Th<!  compensation  of  such  persons  will  be>,'in  iijion  date  of  em- 
l);irkation  at  port  of  departure  from  tho  United  States,  and  they  will  be  j,Tant(Ml  fre(!  trmisportation  from 
jiort  of  ili'purture,  including'  meals  on  (he  steamer,  but  no  compensation  or  expenses  for  tlie  jouniey  to  tho 
port;  but  former  (>mployees  from  tlie  United  States  whose  next  preceding  service  with  The  Panama  ("anal 
was  less  than  one  year  shall  be  i>aid  oidy  from  date  of  entry  in  to  service  on  the  Isthmus,  ami  will  be  allowed 
only  such  reduced  rates  of  triuisiiortalion  to  the  isthmus  as  may  bo  available  for  (Joveniment  emf)loyces. 
Em])loyfes  appointed  at  an  hourly  rate  will  bo  paid  for  tho  period  of  transit  to  the  Isthmus  on  the  basis 
of  an  oif.'ht-hour  day,  exclusive  of  Sundays.  Kxeept  in  ca.so  of  di.scharj,'e  or  other  .separation  from  tho 
service  Iwyond  the  employee's  control,  payment  of  salary  from  date  of  embarkation  to  date  of  arrival  on 
tho  Isthmus  will  not  bo  made  unle.ss  service  on  the  Isthmus  continues  for  30  days. 

4.  .Ml  olTicers  and  employees  in  the  service  of  The  I'anama  Canal,  except  those  who  are  to  perform  tho 
duties  of  clerk,  b()okkeei)er,  steiiofjrapher,  tyjx'wriler,  surj;eon,  physici:ui,  trained  nurse,  or  driiflsman, 
shall  be  exemjjted  from  examiiiat  ion  under  civil-service  rules,  and  ajjpoiiitments  to  cIiTical  positions  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama  payiii};  $7.'i  per  month  or  less  may  also  bo  made  without  examination,  odicors  and 
employees  now  in  the  service  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Co.  on  the  Isthmus  may  Ije  transferred  to  and  re- 
tained in  the  service  of  The  I'anama  C;uial  without  examination,  whenever  any  work  now  performed  indcv 
pendently  by  the  Panama  Railroad  is  consolidated  with  similar  work  performed  by  Tho  Panama  Canal. 

5.  When  employees  in  the  present  organization  aro  transferred  to  the  permanent  organization,  they 
shall  retain  their  .seniority  as  regards  questions  of  civil  service,  quarters,  and  other  privileges  or  considera- 
tions: Provided,  however,  That  the  .seniority  griuited  to  employees  by  this  order  shall  not  be  operative  in 
any  case  so  as  to  form  any  claim  involving  the  payment  of  funds  of  the  United  States. 

6.  All  employees  who  receive  over  $75  per  month  or  over  10  cents  per  hour  must  be  citizens  of  the  United 
States  or  the  Itejiublic  of  Panama,  and  such  citizens  will  be  given  preference  for  employment  in  all  grades. 
Aliens  may  not  be  employed  in  such  grades  imless  (a)  they  have  occupied  similar  positions  during  the 
construction  of  tho  canal  for  two  years  or  mor(>,  or  (&)  in  case  of  emergency,  in  which  latter  case  they  must 
bo  replaced  by  citizens  of  the  United  States  or  Repul)lic  of  Piuiama  as  early  as  practicable. 

7.  The  (iovemor  shall  prescribe  regulations,  when  not  otherwise  fixed  in  this  order,  setting  forth  the 
(lualifications  necessary  for  appointment  of  the  various  classes  of  employees,  including  jihysical  fitness  for 
work  on  the  Isthmus.  The  age  limit  shall  in  all  cases  bo  mider  45  years,  but  the  Governor  may  wai\(>  this 
limit  when  in  his  judgment  such  action  is  for  the  good  of  the  .service. 

8.  All  appointments  shall  be  made  by  The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  or  by  his  authority,  except 
the  district  judge,  district  attorney,  marshal,  clerk  of  district  court,  and  his  assistant. 

9.  Assignment  to  duty  is  vested  in  the  respective  heads  of  the  departments,  and  employees  will  be  ex- 
pected to  perform  such  duties  as  may  properly  be  assigned  to  them.  The  Governor  may  discharge  an 
employee  at  anj-  tune  for  cause,  and  terminate  a  provisional  appointment  when  the  exigencies  of  the  ser\nco 
so  require. 

10.  The  Government  resen^es  the  right  to  pay  in  any  money  the  value  or  parity  of  which  is  guaranteed 
by  the  United  States. 

11.  Employees  whose  salaries  are  fixed  on  a  montlily  or  annual  basis  will  receive  no  i>ay  for  overtime 
work. 

12.  Employees  above  tlie  grade  of  laborer,  appointed  with  rates  of  pay  per  hour  or  per  day,  will  not  be 
eniiiloyed  over  eight  hours  in  any  one  calendar  day,  except  in  case  of  emergency.  The  time  such  employees 
work  over  eight  hours  in  one  calendar  day,  and  time  worked  on  Sundays  and  regularly  aiithorizetl  holidays, 
including  January  1,  February  22,  May  30,  July  4,  Labor  Day,  Thanksgiving  Day,  and  December  25,  shall 
be  considered  overtime  for  which  time  and  one-half  will  be  allowed.  Such  employees  who  worke<l  on  the 
days  prior  and  subsequent  to  the  holidays  specifically  named  above  will  be  allowed  their  regular  pay  for 
eight  hours  for  such  days,  in  addition  to  pay  for  any  work  performed. 

13.  An  employee  whcso  compensation  while  on  duty  carries  with  it  subsistence  will  not  bo  entitled  to 
same  or  commutation  thereof  while  on  leave  of  absence,  and  no  commutation  of  quarters  shall  l>e  jiaid. 

TRANSPORTATION. 

14.  Employees  and  dependent  members  of  their  families  will  be  granted  the  regular  Government  rate 
upon  commercial  steamsliip  lines  with  which  arrangements  for  such  rates  can  be  made,  ^^'hile  tho  United 
States  operates  a  steamship  line,  either  directly  or  through  the  Panama  Railroad  Co.,  employees  and  the 
dependent  members  of  their  families  will  be  granted  transportation  at  the  same  rates  and  under  the  same 

Note.— The  provisions  of  paragraph  1  of  the  Executive  order  of  Feb.  2,  1914,  were  mo<iified  by  the  act 
of  Congress  ajiproved  -\pr.  (i,  lull,  reading  as  follows:  "The  wage  scale  of  the  jtersons  employeil  in  tho 
construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  in  elTect  prior  to  .\pril  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  shall  con- 
tinue unchanged  during  the  period  of  actual  construction,  but  not  later  than  June  30,  1916.'' 


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conditions  as  are  at  present  in  effect.    The  rates  and  conditions  are  subject  to  change  at  any  time  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Governor. 

15.  After  three  years'  service,  employees  who  are  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  be  entitled  to  free 
transportation  for  themselves  only,  on  termination  of  service,  to  any  port  of  the  United  States,  except  that 
when  such  transportation  costs  the  Government  more  than  $40  the  employee  must  pay  the  excess. 

16.  Employees  on  the  gold  roll  will  be  granted  one  complimentary  round-trip  pass  on  the  Panama  Rail- 
road each  calendar  month.  Mileage  books  for  use  of  such  employees  and  dependent  members  of  their  fam- 
ilies, or  relatives  temporarily  residing  with  them,  will  be  furnished  at  one-half  regular  tariff  rates. 

QUARTERS. 

17.  Where  practicable,  such  bachelor  quarters  on  the  Isthmus  as  may  be  available  from  time  to  time 
will  be  assigned  all  employees  desiring  them.  Family  quarters,  when  available,  will  be  assigned  under 
such  niles  as  may  bo  prescribed  by  the  governor.  A  charge  will  be  made  for  rent,  fuel,  and  electric  current 
at  such  time  and  in  accordance  with  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  hereafter  establish. 

MEDICAL  CARE. 

18.  Employees  injured  will  be  compensated  in  accordance  with  such  regulations  as  are  prescribed  by  law. 

19.  All  employees  in  cases  of  illness  or  Injury  will  receive  free  medical  care  and  attendance  in  the  hos- 
pitals, except  in  cases  of  alcoholism  or  venereal  disease.  If  medical  attendance  is  furnished  in  quaj-ters,  a 
charge  may  be  made  under  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  the  governor.  Employees  will  be  charged  for 
medical  care  and  attendance  furnished  members  of  their  families  at  the  hospitals  and  at  their  quarters  at 
such  rates  and  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  governor. 

LEAVE  REGULATIONS. 

20.  All  employees  who  are  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  aliens  whose  compensation  is  more  than  $75 
per  month,  or  40  cents  per  hoiu-,  shall  be  entitled  to  leave  privileges. 

21.  Leave  will  be  divided  into  three  classes,  viz,  (1)  annual  leave,  (2)  cumulative  leave,  and  (3)  travel 
leave. 

ANNUAL  LEAVE. 

22.  Twenty-four  days  aimual  leave  will  be  allowed  each  employee  for  each  year  after  entry  into  service 
and,  If  not  granted  prior  to  the  close  of  the  year,  is  forfeited  and  may  not  be  accumulated,  except  that  any 
annual  leave  remaining  to  an  employee's  credit  in  a  year  m  which  he  is  granted  cumulative  leave,  may  be 
added  to  the  cumulative  leave  if  taken  within  two  months  after  the  close  of  his  service  year. 

23.  The  service  year  shall  date  from  the  day  on  which  an  employee's  pay  m  the  permanent  organization 
begins. 

24.  Absences  of  one-half  day  or  more,  when  regularly  authorized,  will  be  charged  against  annual  leave; 
also  absences  on  accomit  of  Illness  or  mjury,  upon  the  certificate  of  an  authorized  physician  in  the  service 
of  The  Panama  Canal,  except  that  In  the  following  classes  of  cases  no  payment  shall  be  made  for  time  lost, 
but  the  time  shall  be  charged  against  the  annual  leave: 

(a)  lUness  due  to  the  fault  of  the  employee,  as  venereal  disease  and  alcoholism. 
(6)  Injiu-y  due  to  the  employee's  willful  intention  to  bring  about  the  Injury  or  death  of  himsdf 
or  another, 
(c)  Elective  surgical  operations  to  relieve  conditions  existing  prior  to  service  on  the  Isthmus. 

25.  In  the  case  of  hoiu-ly  or  per  diem  employees  annual  leave  on  account  of  sickness  or  injury  shall  be 
based  upon  a  day  of  eight  hours. 

26.  Not  more  than  14  days'  annual  leave  may  be  taken  during  the  first  six  months  of  a  service  year.  In 
case  of  Illness  or  injury  in  the  first  six  months,  to  cover  which  no  annual  leave  remains  to  the  employee's 
credit,  the  time  lost  wUl  be  charged  against  the  annual  leave  remaming  for  the  year,  and  payment  will 
be  made  after  completing  10  months  of  the  service  year.  After  the  entire  21  days'  amnial  leave  has  been  used 
additional  leave  in  that  service  year  on  accoimt  of  illness  or  injury  will  be  deducted  from  the  cumulative 
leave  for  that  year,  and  when  the  cumulative  leave  becomes  due  the  employee  will  be  paid. 

27.  After  exhausting  both  amuial  and  accumulative  leave  for  the  year,  additional  absence  on  account  of 
iUness  or  Injury  will  be  without  pay,  except  such  compensation  as  may  be  prescribed  by  law  for  employees 
receiving  personal  injiu-ies. 

CUMULATIVE  LEAVE. 

28.  Thirty  days  cumulative  leave  will  be  allowed  each  employee  paid  on  a  monthly  or  annual  basis  for 
each  year  of  his  service  and  20  days  to  each  employee  paid  on  an  hourly  basis.  This  leave  will  bo  due  after 
completing  10  months'  service  each  year  and  may  be  taken  when  the  employee's  service  can  be  spared. 
It  may  be  taken  annually  or  left  to  accumulate  to  the  credit  of  the  employee:  Provided,  however,  That  leave 
may  not  be  accumulated  for  more  than  three  years.  If  it  Is  not  desired  to  take  the  entire  le;ive  accumu« 
lated,  the  leave  earned  for  the  first  year,  or  the  first  and  second  years,  may  be  taken:  Provided,  That  no 
employee,  except  at  termination  of  service,  may  be  granted  more  than  90  days  leave  with  pay  at  one  time. 
Employees  will  be  paid  for  cumulative  leave  at  the  rate  earned  when  the  leave  became  due  at  Uie  end  of 
the  tenth  month  of  each  respective  year. 

29.  In  case  an  employee  serves  part  of  a  year  on  the  montlily  or  annual  basis  and  part  on  the  hourly  basis, 
he  will  l5e  allowed  20  days  cumulative  leave,  except  that  if  ho  has  served  eight  months  or  more  on  the 
monthly  or  annual  basis  during  the  year  he  will  be  granted  30  days  cumulative  leave. 


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TRAVEL   I.EAVK. 

30.  Employops  who  travel  to  points  oiitsido  tho  Tropics,  when  on  cumnlativo  leave,  will  be  allowed 
seven  days  additional  leave  (or  travel  leave)  with  full  pay.  Travel  leave  may  be  allowed  approximately 
once  a  year  and  is  not  cinindative. 

;{1.  Employees  will  lie  compensated  for  travel  leave  and  annual  leave  taken  in  conjunction  with  cumiila- 
t  ive  leave  at  the  rat e  earned  when  cumiilat  ive  leave  last  became  due. 

.')2.  -Vftor  accunuilat  iiiK  leaxe  for  three  years,  an  employ«H>  cea.ses  to  earn  additional  cumulative  leave 
until  he  is  ^'ranted  all  or  part  of  tho  cumulativo  leave  alreaily  earned,  luilass  ho  shall  enter  on  cumulative 
leave  within  two  months  after  completing  the  third  year,  or  be  ordered  by  the  Qovemor  to  defer  takinR 
leave  for  oflicial  reasou.s. 

3.3.  AVhen  an  employee's  sen-ices  are  terminated  on  account  of  mi.sconduct  or  unsatisfactory  .service, 
any  annual  leave  due  and  travel  leave  will  bo  forfeitwl,  and  cumulative  Iravo  will  al.so  be  forfeited  unless 
written  notilical  ion  has  been  given  that  the  employee  has  accumulated  tho  le-ave,  or  the  four  months' 
period  withiji  which  the  employee  may  enter  on  leave  has  passed.  Such  written  notice  must  be  );i\en  by 
eni|)loyees  as  scxin  as  possible  after  cumulative  leave  becomes  due. 

31.  "When  an  em|)loytv's  service  is  terminated,  a  cash  payment  in  commutation  of  leave  will  be  made 
to  him  for  the  number  of  days  cumulative  Icavo  due,  plus  the  annual  leave  due.  In  the  event  of  hLs  death 
his  estate  will  be  paid  the  sum  due. 

35.  Employees  must  enter  on  cumulative  leave  within  four  months  after  the  date  when  it  Vjecomes  due, 
except  when  accumulated,  or  tmless  otherwise  authorized  by  the  Governor. 

36.  Employees  must  report  from  leave  within  one  week  after  the  authorized  leave  expires  or  forfeit  pay 
for  the  leave.  In  ca^so  of  imavoidable  delay,  the  Governor  will  decide  whether  the  circumstances  warrant 
an  exception  to  this  rule. 

37.  No  restrictions  are  placed  on  tho  localities  where  leave  may  be  spent. 

38.  Any  employee  transferred  from  tho  present  force  to  the  permanent  operating  force  will  be  paid  at 
time  of  transfer,  in  addition  to  his  regular  compensation,  the  amoimt  ho  would  have  received  in  payment 
for  leave  had  he  been  separated  from  the  service  at  tho  time  of  transfer. 

39.  Jjeave  may  be  taken  only  at  tho  convenience  of  heads  of  departments,  who  may  direct  an  employee 
to  accumulate  his  leave  if  necessary  for  the  conduct  of  the  work. 

40.  Leave  without  pay  may  be  granted  by  the  Governor  to  all  employees,  including  laborers,  for  such 
period  as  may  be  prescribed  by  him. 

OFFICE  HOURS  ANO  HOURS  OF  LABOR. 

41.  OfHce  hours  and  hours  of  labor  will  be  fixed  by  the  Governor  within  the  limits  prescribed  l)y  law. 

42.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  the  1st  day  of  April,  1914. 

CONDITIONS  OF  LIVING. 

Sec.  15.  General  information. — The  Canal  Zone  is  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States  and  a  civil  government  is  in  operation.  Elementary  schools,  including 
separate  schools  for  white  and  colored  children,  have  been  established  at  various 
points  in  the  Canal  Zone,  together  with  a  four-year  high  school  course,  all  in  charge 
of  competent  teachers.  Assisted  by  the  Government,  churches,  clubhouses  con- 
ducted by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  fraternal  societies,  women's  clubs,  dancing  clubs,  and 
other  social  organizations  are  maintained.  The  hospital  and  medical  service  is 
excellent,  the  water  supply  is  good  and  abundant,  the  settlements  are  as  clean  and 
wholesome  as  modern  methods  of  municipal  engineering  can  make  them.  In  general, 
the  canal  life  is  that  of  an  ideal  American  community  where  everyone  has  work  to  do 
and  is  li"\dng  well  above  the  margin  of  existence. 

Sec.  16.  Climate. — The  Canal  Zone  has  a  tropical  climate  ^vith  an  average  tem- 
perature of  approximately  80°  and  with  little  variation  between  summer  and  winter, 
the  wet  and  dry  seasons.  While  the  air  is  damp  and  muggy  during  parts  of  the  rainy 
season,  the  nights  are  generally  cool  and  comfortable.  The  annual  rainfall  varies 
from  129  inches  at  Colon  to  71  inches  at  Ancon,  most  of  the  precipitation  occurring 
during  the  rain-'  season  of  about  eight  months,  extending  from  April  to  December. 

Sec.  17.  I...ealth  conditions. — The  health  conditions  on  the  Isthmus  are  now  excel- 
lent. The  death  and  sick  rates  among  the  American  employees  and  members  of  their 
families  are  lower  than  in  many  cities  of  the  United  States.  Yellow  fever  has  been 
extirpated . 

Sec.  18.  Clothing  reqtiired. — Warm  weather  is  continuous,  and  a  good  supply  of 
Ught-weight  summer  underclothing  is  advisable.     Additional  articles  may  be  procured 


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on  the  Isthmus  at  any  time,  either  from  the  Government  commissaries  or  from  private 
dealers.  Any  clotliing  of  light  summer  weight  will  be  found  serviceable.  Clothing 
of  khaki,  linen,  and  duck  is  also  worn. 

Sec.  19.  Quarters. — Emjjloyees  are  supplied  with  furnished  bachelor  quarters 
which  contain  all  necessary  articles  of  furniture,  such  as  bed,  mattress,  chairs,  etc., 
but  the  bed  and  table  linen,  dishes,  kitchen  utensils,  and  similar  articles  must  be 
supplied  by  the  employee  and  can  be  purchased  at  the  commissaries  on  the  Isthmus. 
Employees  will  not  be  permitted  to  take  their  families  with  them  on  the  first  trip  to 
Panama  on  account  of  the  scarcity  of  family  quarters.  No  promise  is  made  to  furnish 
family  quarters.  However,  such  family  quarters  as  are  available  are  assigned  upon 
application  to  employees,  in  their  turn,  containing  all  necessary  articles  of  furniture, 
but  on  account  of  the  large  demand  for  the  same  an  employee  must  wait  an  indefinite 
length  of  time  before  his  name  will  be  reached  for  assignment. 

Sec.  20.  Meals. — Hotels  and  mess  houses  are  maintained  where  good  board  may  be 
purchased  at  about  30  cents  a  meal  and  upward . 

Sec.  21.  Commissary.— Commissaries  have  been  established  on  the  Isthmus  where 
canal  employees  may  purchase  all  necessary  supplies,  including  cold-storage  articles 
and  other  food,  and  clothing,  at  about  prices  current  in  the  United  States.  Payment 
for  these  articles  is  made  by  use  of  coupon  books,  which  may  be  purchased  for  cash, 
or  by  a  charge  against  the  emj^loyee's  salary. 

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